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Chronic Ankle Pain: Often Caused by Weak Ankles, 5 Exercises to Strengthen and Prevent Injury

July 16, 2023
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Health Viewpoints Follow the series “Easy Exercises to Combat Chronic Pain” here. In this series, occupational therapist Kevin Shelley focuses on common issues associated with chronic pain and simple exercises to strengthen weak muscles and enhance joint mobility, with the goal of helping you become pain-free. Your ankles and surrounding muscles absorb a lot of force…

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Do High Top Shoes Actually Reduce Ankle Sprain Risk? Here’s What the Research Says

May 22, 2023
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Ankle sprain is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, particularly in sports like netball, basketball, and football where jumping, landing on one foot, and sudden direction changes are part of the game. Ankle sprains can be painful, debilitating, and may result in ongoing ankle problems. In fact, people with a history of a previous…

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Tiger Woods Has Ankle Surgery, Rest of Majors in Doubt

April 19, 2023
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Tiger Woods had fusion surgery on his right ankle Wednesday morning to alleviate arthritis from a broken bone, putting in doubt whether he plays any more majors this year. Woods disclosed the surgery on Twitter and said it was a subtalar fusion procedure to address post-traumatic arthritis from when he broke his talus bone in…

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Neymar to Undergo Season-Ending Surgery on Right Ankle

March 6, 2023
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PARIS—Neymar will undergo season-ending surgery on his damaged right ankle and will be out for up to four months, Paris Saint-Germain said on Monday. Neymar will miss PSG’s Champions League match at Bayern Munich on Wednesday and will be operated on in the coming days at a hospital in Doha, the Qatari-backed club said. “Neymar…

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Andy Reid: Ankle Injury Not Limiting Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes

February 8, 2023
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Patrick Mahomes’ high-ankle sprain apparently won’t keep him from running the Kansas City Chiefs offense on Sunday in Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles. In a pre-practice news conference on Wednesday, coach Andy Reid said Mahomes is moving well despite the injury to his right ankle, which the quarterback sustained in the divisional round…

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