27 May 2009

Foot and Ankle Complaints



Foot and Ankle Complaints
By:Allyson Howe, MD
Major USAF MC
Capital Conference 2007


INTRODUCTION
* Anatomy and Function
o Foot
o Ankle
* Common complaints
* Common diagnoses

FOOT AND ANKLE ANATOMY
* 26 bones and 2 sesamoids
* Forefoot
o Metatarsals
o phalanges
* Midfoot
o 5 tarsals
* Rearfoot
o Talus and Calcaneus

FOOT AND ANKLE
* FUNCTIONS
o Absorb impact loading forces
o Adapt to uneven ground
o Allow efficient propulsion
FOOT AND ANKLE COMPLAINTS
HISTORICAL CLUES
* Previous injury?
* New shoes?
* New sport/activity?
* Sudden increase in mileage?
* Long term training without rest?
FOOT AND ANKLE COMMON COMPLAINTS
* Heel pain
* Forefoot pain
* Ankle pain
* Numbness/tingling/burning
* Ankle swelling
* Heel pain
* Forefoot pain
* Ankle pain
* Numbness/tingling/burning
* Ankle swelling

HEEL PAIN
* Determine location
o Plantar surface
+ Plantar fasciitis
+ Heel pad atrophy
+ Distal tarsal tunnel syndrome
+ Calcaneal stress fracture
o Posterior heel
+ Retrocalcaneal bursitis
+ Achilles tendinopathy
+ Sever’s disease
+ Stress fracture
+ Lateral Plantar Nerve entrapment

Consider inflammatory conditions also:
Gout
Reiter’s
Psoriasis

PLANTAR FASCIITIS
* Pain at the most anterior portion of the heel pad
* Medial tubercle
* Worst with first step in the morning or after inactivity
* Pain increases with active dorsiflexion of first toe
* Treatment
o ICE
o Stretching
o NSAIDs
o Correction of arch abnormalities
o Improved shoe quality
o Training adjustment
o Night splints
o Injections

HEEL PAD ATROPHY
TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
RETROCALCANEAL BURSITIS
ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY
SEVER’S DISEASE aka. Calcaneal Apophysitis
LATERAL PLANTAR NERVE ENTRAPMENT
FOREFOOT PAIN
* Acute
* Trauma
* Chronic
5th METATARSAL FRACTURE
METATARSAL FRACTURE
GOUT
LIS FRANC SPRAIN
METATARSALGIA
STRESS FRACTURE
ANKLE PAIN
OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECT
ANKLE SPRAIN
OTTAWA ANKLE AND FOOT RULES
Ottawa Ankle Rules
Radiographs
A-P View of Ankle
Lateral View of Ankle
Mortise View of Ankle
Mortise View Normals
CLASSIFICATION OF LATERAL ANKLE SPRAINS
Instability testing
Grade II
Grade I
OTHER (THAN LATERAL) ANKLE SPRAINS
ANKLE SPRAIN TREATMENT
NON-HEALING ANKLE SPRAINS
NUMBNESS/TINGLING/BURNING
Peripheral Neuropathy
Diabetes
Nutritional deficiency
Alcoholism
Heavy metal exposure
Chemotherapy
Renal disease
INH therapy
HIV
JOGGER’S FOOT
MORTON’S NEUROMA
ATRAUMATIC ANKLE SWELLING
TAKE HOME POINTS
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
* ANKLE
o Ankle sprains- medial and lateral and high
+ Ottawa ankle rules
o Achilles tendonitis
o Retrocalcaneal bursitis
o Posterior tibial tendonitis
o Sever’s disease (calcaneal apophysitis)
o Tarsal tunnel syndrome
o OCD
* FOOT
o Plantar fasciitis
o Metatarsalgia
o Morton’s neuroma
o Tarsal tunnel
o Toe fracture
o Navicular stress fracture
o Freiberg’s infarction

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