Basketball is a sport with many followers in our country, with countless benefits that this sporting discipline can bring to our health. It is a team sport that involves not only physical exercise, but also mental and emotional control. It stands out for being a sporting discipline whose practice helps protect our cardiovascular system, improve our resistance and coordination, as well as our muscles and agility.
Precisely, on September 16 and 17, the Super Cup Endesa 2023, a championship ‘of the greats’ that will have Quirónsalud as the Official Medical Provider. Dr. Diego Giménez, head of the Traumatology service at the Quirónsalud Murcia Hospital, highlights the importance of taking care of your ankles if you play basketball, since sprains are very common in this sport.
“A sprained ankle is a common injury that occurs when we twist or turn our ankle in a way that causes a more or less serious injury to the ankle ligaments. The ligaments are some structures that the joints have and that help to stabilize themso that their movements are carried out in a natural or physiological way,” he maintains.
When ligaments are strained
He explains that a sprained ankle occurs when the ligaments are forced beyond their normal range of motion, varying the severity of the injury depending on how the ligament rupturedwhether total or partial.
“Ligaments help stabilize joints by preventing excessive movement that could lead to joint injuries, or even complete dislocation or dislocation. In the ankle is the ligament that is most frequently injured in the musculoskeletal system and is the anterior talofibular ligament.which is what is commonly affected in sprains,” he points out.
In this way, the head of traumatology at Quirónsalud Murcia lists that among the causes of a sprained ankle we can find:
The practice of a specific sport, after jumping or sudden changes of direction when running (basketball, soccer, tennis). Normal walking, a bad step, or a bad foot position. Inappropriate footwear can cause us to twist our ankles more easily (high-heeled shoes). Sometimes gait problems due to alterations in the foot (pes cavus) or stiffness of the joints, shortening of the calves, etc. Dr. Diego Giménez Belmonte. Traumatology.
Sprained ankle treatment
Regarding treatment, the Quirónsalud Murcia expert highlights that it depends on the severity of the injury, although initially it will always be conservative (through immobilization, physiotherapy, etc.).
He also maintains that In some exceptional cases, surgical treatment may be considered. (arthroscopy) at the outset, and in a large proportion of chronic sprains, as well, since these can limit the patient in their daily life.
Normally the treatment is usually conservative at the beginning, following guidelines of rest, immobilization, local cold, and subsequent rehabilitation” Dr. Diego Giménez Belmonte
“Normally, the treatment is usually conservative at the beginning, following guidelines of rest, immobilization, local cold, and subsequent rehabilitation. But in some severe cases, Quirónsalud Traumatology specialists recommend urgent surgery, especially when associated with fractures. In chronic cases of ankle ligament rupture, also Rehabilitation constitutes the first step of treatmentsurgery being necessary, when it fails,” adds Dr. Giménez, a reference center during the Endesa Super Cup matches.
One more step: when ligaments are torn
Now, this specialist emphasizes that If the ankle ligament has been torn you will lose stability, you will feel pain when walking, will present a hematoma, as well as joint inflammation of the ankle and foot. “The pain is very sharp and intense and a clicking sound is usually heard at the time of the sprain.”, he points out.
Likewise, Dr. Giménez emphasizes that in case of inflammation it will be evident after a few minutes and usually has a rounded shape in the ankle: “Difficulty supporting the leg and a certain instability of the ankle are also common symptoms. It is usually accompanied by bruising caused by ruptured blood vessels. Additionally, symptoms can be acute, at the time of injury, or chronic, long-term.”
Here the traumatologist from Quirónsalud Murcia remembers that There are multiple ways to repair or reconstruct an ankle ligament.: “Medicine is constantly evolving and the development of arthroscopy (video-assisted, minimally invasive surgery) allows all types of ankle ligament surgeries and their associated injuries to be performed.”
It also mentions the open techniques that, although they are still valid in some cases, have been clearly surpassed by these new techniques, less aggressive, more precise and with equal or even better results.
If reconstruction of the ankle ligament is necessary, the doctor emphasizes that this is possible, and well can be repaired, but also rebuilt: “The difference is that a repair consists of suturing the torn ligament itself, which is generally done in cases of short evolution; while reconstruction consists of creating a new ligament from a graft, usually a tendon from the patient’s own. With both techniques we can obtain excellent results.”
2023-09-14 03:19:18
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