Orthopedic Case Studies of the Foot and Ankle

Course overview

In these studies our panel will discuss two patients. Our first patient, a 34-year-old female, has utilized direct access to be seen in physical therapy after she slipped on some ice five days ago while running to catch the bus and turned her right ankle inward. The pain is located on the outside of the ankle and she indicates that the swelling has improved some with the compression sock, but overall it is still swollen and she has significant bruising.Our other patient, a 62-year-old female, was referred to physical therapy for pain on the bottom of her left foot that started four weeks ago when she began training for a breast cancer walk where she will be walking up to ten miles a day for three days. If she stands for more than ten minutes, she develops a burning sensation in the medial arch on the left side.