Sports Med (foot/Ankle) 5

What is the mechanism of injury for a big toe sprain?

• forced flexion or extension 
• direct impact 
• valgus force 
• hit on the tip of the toe 

Is an inversion or an eversion ankle sprain more common?

• inversion 
• eversion

Foot Injuries best prevented by 

• taping them everyday
• appropriate footwear
• Not running
• massaging them 

The distal end of the fibula that forms the lateral ankle bone is the lateral malleolus.

• True

• False

Because of the foot's critical role in most sports, even minor conditions, such as ingrown toenails and blisters, can be as incapacitating as more serious injuries.

• True
• False

Pain and tenderness on the bottom of the foot could be plantar fasciitis.

• True
• False

Great toe sprain and turf toe describe the same injury.

• True
• False

What type of ankle movement must occur to injure the deltoid ligament?

• Eversion
• Inversion

Inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot and connects the heel bone to the toes 

• Mid-foot Sprain/Fracture
• Metatarsalgia
• Stress Fracture
• Plantar Fasciitis

Sprains are injuries to:

• ligaments
• tendons
• bones
• skin