Hello, Today I am going to explain the difference between a sprain and a strain. Most people don’t know the difference between the two.
A sprain is when a ligament is stretched or torn. A ligament is a fibrous tissue that attaches a bone to another bone. (Think L.B.B. ligament= bone to bone). The medial collateral [...]
Popular in the United States of America for over a century, basketball continues to grow in popularity in Europe and the UK.
With its combination of jumping, stopping and running on a hard floor, basketball is a great spectator sport but it really does take its toll on the feet and ankles of its players.
In basketball, [...]
Introduction Sprained ankles are one of the leading causes of athletes to miss games during the season. Many times they are taped up & rushed back to the field without proper rehabilitation. More often than not, the ankle gets re-injured or worse, they end up with a knee, hip or low back injury. These [...]
Basketball is one of the most popular games in North American and throughout the world. If you have ever played basketball I am sure that you know that the game can be very rough. Maybe not as rough as football, but it is definitly not a non contact game. With any contact sport their is [...]
When you have sprained your ankle it is important to get proper care as soon as possible to prevent permanent damage. The ankle should be iced immediately, elevated and treated with compression to reduce the pain and swelling. An ankle brace can provide compression and reduce ankle movement to prevent further injury. There are several [...]
Ankle sprains are the most common sports injury and occur thousands of time each week. Of course, they can also happen in daily life and high heels are responsible for many a sprained ankle! Intensely painful, they seriously disrupt daily living as well as get in the way of your continued enjoyment of sport.
Given that [...]
If you’ve ever had to go to a medical supply store to find an ankle brace, you were probably surprised to find so many different styles, each of which is designed to address a specific medical condition or injury. Back and leg braces, knee braces and ankle braces are all designed to suit one purpose, [...]
Ankle braces can provide different levels of support
from mild to intense. So it is important to wear the proper brace to
allow your ankle to heal properly. A brace that is not supportive
enough can lengthen the healing process and lead to possible re-injury.
Braces are categorized by the severity of the injury: grade 1, grade 2
and grade [...]
Football is a very physical sport. It takes a special individual to be able to take the kind of hits that football players take in today’s games. Football also produces a lot of injuries. Most of which occur with tackles to players legs. This is common because if a player can take away the legs [...]
McDavid is a top leader in ankle brace technology. They have a comprehensive line of ankle braces that can handle just about any injury that would need a ankle brace. McDavid elastic ankle braces are made to provide mild compressive support without the heat retention of neoprene supports. Because is this an elastic support it [...]
