FOOT INJURY TO YANKEES PITCHER

DOCTOR HOWARD LIEBESKIND, A PODIATRIST BASED IN LOS ANGELES WAS DISCUSSING THE OPEN TRAMPOLINE INJURY TO NEW YORK YANKEES PITCHER'S RIGHT ANKLE.  THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF OPEN DISLOCATIONS TO THE ANKLE AND CAN RANGE FROM CAREER ENDING TO SOMETHING THAT SIMPLY SETS AN ATHLETE BACK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.  THIS INJURY IS GOING TO SET HIM BACK AS HE IS ALSO IN A PROGRAM TO REHABILITATE AN ELBOW INJURY AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY COMPLICATE THINGS.  HE WONT BE ABLE TO TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING HIS ARM AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL WITHOUT A FUNCTIONAL RIGHT ELBOW.  IT WON'T BE EASY.

MOST FOOT SPECIALISTS INCLUDING FOOT DOCTORS, CHIROPODISTS AND PODIATRISTS AGREE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE ANY INJURIES TO THE FOOT OR ANKLE LOOKED AFTER BY A PROFESSIONAL IN ORDER THAT IT IS NOT MORE SERIOUS AND CAN HEAL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE PROPERLY.  AN ASIDE, DR. HARDY SPRAINED HIS FOOT AND WAS SELF TREATING IT FOR 2 WEEKS WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY IN HIS OFFICE WHEN HE FINALLY DECIDED TO X-RAY TO CHECK FOR FRACTURE AND LEARNED THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A FRACTURE.  HE HAD BROKEN 3 FRACTURES TO HIS METATARSALS AND TIME FOR A CAST.

YOUR FOOT SPECIALIST, MARZ

 

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