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What Causes Severe Ankle Pain?
Question: My husband is having severe ankle pain. No swelling is there, but only pain. Can you please recommend some medicine or ointment? He has been complaining of ankle pain from a few weeks, but it has now grown severe.
Brief Answer:
Can be due to inflammation.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
The pain in the ankle can be due to inflammatory changes at the junction of bone and achilles tendon. It can happen due to excessive stress or an age related degenerative change.
Recurrent trauma in the area also often causes the inflammation.
Treatment involves pain killers, local steroid injections, hot fomentation and application of a local analgesic gel.
1. Wear shoes with a heel ½” to 1” higher than the ball of the forefoot and are somewhat flexible through the ball of the foot.
2. Add a heel lift in the shoe. (He may also use arch support inserts or orthoses, such as Superfeet orthotics)
3. Avoid standing or walking barefoot. Avoid flat footwear like slippers or sandals. Avoid stiff shoes.
4. Perform calf stretching exercises for 30-60 seconds on each leg at least two times per day. (Stand an arm’s length away from the wall, facing the wall. Lean into the wall, stepping forward with one leg, leaving the other leg planted back. The leg remaining back is the one being stretched. The leg being stretched should have the knee straight (locked) and the toes pointed straight at the wall. Stretch forward until tightness is felt in the calf. Hold this position without bouncing for a count of 30-60 seconds. Repeat the stretch for the opposite leg.)
4. Perform eccentric calf rehab exercises under guidance of a physiotherapist.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Can be due to inflammation.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
The pain in the ankle can be due to inflammatory changes at the junction of bone and achilles tendon. It can happen due to excessive stress or an age related degenerative change.
Recurrent trauma in the area also often causes the inflammation.
Treatment involves pain killers, local steroid injections, hot fomentation and application of a local analgesic gel.
1. Wear shoes with a heel ½” to 1” higher than the ball of the forefoot and are somewhat flexible through the ball of the foot.
2. Add a heel lift in the shoe. (He may also use arch support inserts or orthoses, such as Superfeet orthotics)
3. Avoid standing or walking barefoot. Avoid flat footwear like slippers or sandals. Avoid stiff shoes.
4. Perform calf stretching exercises for 30-60 seconds on each leg at least two times per day. (Stand an arm’s length away from the wall, facing the wall. Lean into the wall, stepping forward with one leg, leaving the other leg planted back. The leg remaining back is the one being stretched. The leg being stretched should have the knee straight (locked) and the toes pointed straight at the wall. Stretch forward until tightness is felt in the calf. Hold this position without bouncing for a count of 30-60 seconds. Repeat the stretch for the opposite leg.)
4. Perform eccentric calf rehab exercises under guidance of a physiotherapist.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
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Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju
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