Ankle Pain

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Ankle pain (outline of this chapter)

Introduction

Signs and symptoms

Common causes of ankle pain

Diagnostic tests for ankle pain

Treatment of ankle pain

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

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Introduction:

Ankle pain is common as the ankle is a weight bearing joint between the foot and the lower end of the tibia and fibula bones. There are joint surfaces of the tibio-calcaneal joint (the "proper ankle joint"), but underneath also is the subtalar joint, which often irradiates pain into the ankle joint area. Ankle pain is simply a symptoms of an underlying disease. This can be caused by arthritis, by trauma (like in a strain or fracture), can result from a nerve injury and entrapment (like the sensory branch of the superficial peroneal nerve), osteoporosis or circulatory problems. Here are some of the common conditons that produce ankle pain with a few comments regarding causes.

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