Injury Description An injury to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament can be a debilitating musculoskeletal injury to the knee, seen most often in athletes. Non-contact tears and ruptures are the most common causes...
27-02-2011 Hits:39943 Knee Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description The posterior cruciate ligament (or PCL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It connects theposterior intercodylar area of the tibia to the medial condyle of...
20-12-2010 Hits:33810 Knee Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description A sprained ankle, also known as an ankle sprain, twisted ankle, rolled ankle, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of...
21-03-2010 Hits:40848 Ankle Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description Footballer's Ankle is a pinching or impingement of the ligaments or tendons of the ankle between the bones, particularly the talus and tibia. This results in pain, inflammation and...
20-03-2010 Hits:33585 Ankle Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description Bruised heels occus when the protection of the heel is not adequate. The heel bone (Calcaneus) area is normally protected by an area of fat. However this fat can...
28-02-2010 Hits:31735 Foot Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description Turf toe is an injury to the joint and connective tissue between the foot and one of the toes. When the big toe (1st phalange) is involved, it...
28-02-2010 Hits:35997 Toe Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description A stress fracture is one type of incomplete fracture in bones. It is caused by "unusual or repeated stress" and also heavy continuous weight on the ankle or leg.[2]...
27-02-2010 Hits:29774 Knee Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description The metatarsus or metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the foot located between the tarsal bones of the hind- and mid-foot and the phalanges of...
27-02-2010 Hits:39177 Foot Injuries Darren Pitfield
Injury Description There are two menisci in your knee. They sit between the thigh bone femur and shin bone tibia. While the ends of the thigh bone and shin bone...
27-02-2010 Hits:33450 Knee Injuries Darren Pitfield