Healthy feet and ankles will take you anywhere you need to go. This is particularly true if you play sports. All that running, pivoting, turning, twisting, and jumping you do in various sports would be virtually impossible if you have unhealthy ankles and feet. However, it’s not just those sweat-inducing and fast-paced sports that require cooperation from your ankles and feet. Even leisure sports or walking could become immensely uncomfortable or painful with an injured ankle or foot.

Here at Advanced Foot Care Center in Ridgefield CT, our podiatrist, Dr. Allan Rosenthal, treats various sports injuries to ensure that our patients can play and move without pain.

How We Treat and Manage Sports Injuries of The Ankles and Feet

Whether you’re dealing with blisters, Achilles tendinitis, heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, overuse injuries, hammertoes, or foot and ankle fractures, tears, or sprains, your treatment plan will be built around the specific nature and extent of your condition.

For instance, for mild ankle sprains, patients may only need OTC anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medications to combat swelling. These may likewise be combined with wrapping, resting, elevating, and icing the injured ankle until patients are ready for rehabilitation. On the other hand, moderate to severe ankle injuries might need more potent pain relief and orthotics, such as a walking boot or brace for immobilizing the ankle to aid in the healing the damaged ligaments.

Rarely, for individuals with severe injuries or repeated ankle injuries, they might require surgical intervention for repairing significantly torn or stretched tendons as well as restoring joint stability. Put simply, regardless of your condition or sports injury, your podiatrist in our Ridgefield CT, office will likewise spend time assessing your feet and ankles’ structure, activity and sports habits, and footwear.

All these will give us the information we require for developing your rehab and physical therapy plan that will help you recover safely and faster, with reduced chances of injury recurrence. We will likewise guide you on safe and proper home exercises and techniques that will aid in keeping your feet and ankles healthy.

The Importance of Custom Orthotics

One of the most useful preventive and treatment tool podiatrists use for managing all kinds of foot and ankle injuries is custom orthotics. These can come in the form of shoe inserts, cushions, paddings, braces, and casts, and essentially reduce a person’s pain by supporting and, in some cases, correcting various structural irregularities.

Every single orthotic device is crafted from an impression of the injured ankle or foot and with durable material that could provide you long-lasting and potent pain relief and support.

For Advice, Concerns, or Questions About Sports Injuries, Speak to Us

Arrange an appointment with Dr. Allan Rosenthal here at Advanced Foot Care Center in Ridgefield CT by calling (203) 431-0048.