UFAI Ankle Conditions Articles Archive

Ankle sprain recovery takes time. Here is an easy 5 step guide to surviving and thriving during your 2-6 week break.

Running is great exercise! However, it's also hard on your feet and ankles. Learn more about common foot problems for runners and their treatment options!

The human ankle is a mechanical marvel. But when something goes wrong (like a anterior or posterior ankle impingement) it can be super painful!

About one third of children will suffer a sports related injury serious enough to require treatment by a medical professional. Here's what you need to know.

Sometimes the ankle machinery misbehaves, it refuses to swivel. Then the next moment, it's suddenly unstable. Explore what causes ankle instability.

A sprained ankle is among the most frequently incurred injuries worldwide. In the United States, more than 23,000 ankles are sprained each and every day.  The usual cause of an acute ankle sprain is a sudden shift in weight-bearing that causes the outside edge of a person’s foot to roll under, and the inside edge to lift up. Such an read more »

Many of these sports-related injuries can be prevented simply by doing a few warm-up exercises before a workout. Learn what our experts have to say.

At some point during your lifetime, you may experience a foot or ankle problem. How do you locate the best resource for foot care? Here's 9 tips!

Satisfactory treatment has long been available for early-stage ankle arthritis. And effective procedures, including ankle fusion and total ankle replacement, are available for end-stage ankle arthritis. But one of the last great barriers in the treatment of ankle arthritis has been how to handle moderate ankle arthritis. Until recently, some of the greatest podiatric challenges were moderate ankle arthritis cases. read more »

Many troublesome foot and ankle conditions occur in children just as they do in adults. But the bones of growing children haven’t themselves finished growing, so some children’s foot problems require extra attention. What is a child’s growth plate? Sites of active bone growth in children are called growth plates. They exist near the ends of bones in pre-adolescent children. read more »