According to the New York Times, the International Ankle Consortium, a group of researchers who study ankle injuries (yes! this isn’t an April Fool’s Day prank, such a group really exists), has determined that among all people who sprain their ankle, only 55% of them ever seek a doctor’s care. Dr. Megan L. Oltmann and […]
Is there any truth to the idea that people can predict changes in the weather based on how their joints feel? Scientists don’t agree whether people can accurately say it’s going to rain this afternoon just because their ankle hurts this morning. But don’t tell that to Uncle Bob, who’s been predicting rain pretty accurately […]
Over the last month or so, there’s been no shortage of stories about athletes and their ankle injuries. We have to wonder at some of the terminology used. How about “run-of-the-mill ankle sprain” – used to describe an injury that would keep a football player off the practice field for six weeks? “Fortunately,” said the […]