FL PODIATRIST DISCUSSES ANKLE SPRAINS

FLORIDA PODIATRIST, DR. BRIAN FULLEM DISCUSSES A TEST FOR PROPRIOCEPTION.  WHY DOES SPRAINING YOUR ANKLE ONCE INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A FUTURE SPRAIN?  "DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY, AN ANKLE SPRAIN CAN DAMAGE MUSCLES, LIGAMENTS AND PROPRIOCEPTORS (SPECIALIZED NERVES AND RECEPTORS THAT CONTROL YOUR BALANCE AND SENSE OF POSITION),"

ARE YOUR PROPRIOCEPTORS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY?  DR. BRIAN FULLEM (PODIATRIST AND 14:25 5K RUNNER) SUGGESTS, "TRY THIS:  STAND UP, BALANCE ON ONE FOOT AND CLOSE YOUR EYES.  IF YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN OR HANDS OUT TO PREVENT FALLING, THEN YOUR PROPRIOCEPTORS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.  BALANCE TRAINING TO IMPROVE PROPRIOCETION IS USUALLY PART OF THE TREATMENT PLAN WHEN YOU SPRAIN AN ANKLE, BUT IT REALLY SHOULD BE A PART OF EVERY RUNNER'S PROGRAM."

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE HAVE EVERY TYPE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR FOOT SPECIALISTS ARE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED IN ACTIVE RELEASE TECHNIQUE.  IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING FROM ANY TYPE OF FOOT OR ANKLE PROBLEM, PLEASE CALL OUR CLINIC AT 416-465-8737 TO RECEIVE HONEST, COMPETANT CARE FROM CHIROPODISTS WHO LOVE THEIR PROFESSION AND ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR PATIENTS.

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.

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