Ankle joint and foot treatment in Zaporizhia
It is difficult to imagine another joint in a human’s body that would be receiving as many traumas and injuries as an ankle and a foot.
Dislocations, ligament sprains, damages and fractures - at least one of those pathologies happened to every person in their life. Had a bad luck when hurrying down a staircase? Smashed a small finger on a couch leg? Tripped over during your routine exercise? Inconvenient or cheap footwear? Any of those factors can result in traumas and diseases of an ankle joint and foot as a whole. All joints and junctions in the ankle and foot are very agile in order to provide the best balance and flexibility to serve various tasks and needs of a human, be that walking on a sand beach or climbing high mountains. And the same flexibility of the ankle makes it more prone to injuries than any other joints.
To what to pay attention in order to understand that there is a problem with an ankle or a foot, and the need to see an orthopedist-traumatologist?
- pain during walk or when remaining idle
- skin redness around the joint area
- swollen soft tissues
- crunching, cracking sound or stiffness in the joint
If you experience any of the above listed issues it is time you saw a traumatologist at The Rudenko Clinic.
Ankle joint and foot most common traumas and conditions
Most common traumatic injuries of an ankle joint or a foot include:
- fractures of ankle lateral and medial bones
- fractures of instep bones and phalangeal bones
- ankle/foot dislocations and incomplete dislocations
- sprain of ankle ligaments
- damages and hematomas
Besides traumas, an ankle and a foot are prone to degenerative-dystrophic inflammatory diseases such as:
- ankle joint osteoarthrosis
- flat foot
- plantar fasciosis with a heel spur
- synovitis, ligamentitis, Achilles bursitis
- Lisfranc injury or joint overload syndrome
- tuberculosis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and even sarcoidosis
When and how to treat ankle and foot problems?
If you have any of the symptoms of damaged ankle or foot structures or if you have a diagnosis that has been previously established, The Rudenko Clinic in Zaporizhia will be able to help you and select the most adequate diagnostic procedures and treatment. An array of diagnostic options includes an X-ray, an ultrasound examination and, in cases that require gathering more information, a computer tomography or even an arthroscopy. Our centre offers a full spectrum of a laboratory diagnostics. Because we have our own dressing and cast rooms on our medical centre facility, we can do repositions and fixations of damaged ankle and foot. Several operating rooms and a staff of professional traumatologists and anesthesiologists make us fully prepared to carry out surgical interventions of any complexity to relieve your problems with your ankle or foot. The Rudenko Clinic is your key to healthy life without pain. We will answer your questions - all you need to do is call us by the number in the Contacts section.