TORONTO RAPTOR, KYLE LOWRY INJURES HIS RIGHT ANKLE NOVEMBER 6, 2012 DURING OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER GAME

KYLE LOWRY, TORONTO RAPTOR'S LEADING SCORER EXITED WITH 1:29 LEFT IN THE SECOND QUARTER WITH A RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN AND DID NOT RETURN.  IT LOOKED LIKE A HARMLESS STUMBLE AT THE END OF AN ORDINARY PLAY, A MOMENT THAT HAPPENS DOZENS OF TIMES IN AN NBA GAME, BUT ONE THAT MAY CAUSE A SERIOUS SETBACK TO THE RAPTORS.  KYLE LOWRY HAS BEEN THE RAPTOR'S MOST CONSISTANT PLAYER AND THE LEADER OF THE TEAM AND TO SEE HIM HOBBLE OFF THE FLOOR UNABLE TO PUT WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE WAS UNNERVING FOR ANY BASKETBALL FAN.

HE IMMEDIATELY CRUMPLED TO THE FLOOR HAMMERING THE COURT REPEATEDLY WITH HIS FIST AND IN OBVIOUS PAIN.  A PROTECTIVE BRACE WAS GIVEN TO HIM WHICH HE WORE FROM THE ARENA, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY GOOD SPRAIN.THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE INJURY IS A LOW ANKLE SPRAIN, NOT THE MORE SEVERE HIGHER ANKLE SPRAIN.

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE TREAT A LOT OF ANKLE STRAINS AND SPRAINS.  OUR CLINIC HAS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING SHOCKWAVE, INTERFERENTIAL CURRENT, LASER, ULTRASOUND, MYOPERCUSSION, AS WELL AS PATIENT EDUCATION ABOUT R.I.C.E, REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION.  AS WELL ALL OF OUR FOOT SPECIALISTS ARE TRAINED IN ACTIVE RELEASE TECHNIQUE, (ART) WHICH IS A STATE OF THE ART SOFT TISSUE PROTOCAL FOR TREATING SOFT TISSUE INJURIES SUCH THAT KYLE LOWRY EXPERIENCED.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.