Caring For a Broken Foot Or Broken AnklePosted by Hadriel Sam on January 2nd, 2020 It seems like a week doesn't go by without Joint Pain Hack Review some public figure who stumbles and breaks or fractures their foot or ankle. Recently, Vegas magician Lance Burton broke his foot during his act. Actress Jennie Garth stumbled in her home when she went to answer the door while holding her baby and fractured her foot. In LaGuardia Airport, returning to Washington for more congressional meetings, Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor stumbled and broke her ankle. Houston Rockets star center Yao Ming broke his foot during the NBA playoffs, which doctors now say may be a career-ending injury. A fracture is a disruption of the integrity of the bone. So a fracture is a broken bone. It is one and the same. I often hear my patients in my Houston podiatry practice ask me if they have a break or a fracture. The answer is "yes." Like everything, there are different levels of severity of foot and ankle fractures, but even the most minor of these injuries require immobilization, usually with a walking cast-boot, often referred to as a cam-walker. Although it does not provide full immobilization, it does take enough pressure off of the bones and reduces the pull of the muscles and tendons to be adequate. When the fracture is stable, this is a good option to minimize the loss of mobility and muscle atrophy. Like it? Share it! More by this author |