The purpose of this course is to describe common foot and ankle injuries related to sports activities, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Course Publication Date:
March 06, 2019
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Wanda Lockwood RN, BA, MA |
| Course No: | FAI022019 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Community & Home Health
Emergency & Trauma Medicine
Medical & Surgical Issues
Nutrition & Fitness & Complimentary
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Learning Objectives
- Explain RICE therapy.
- Describe the two types of Achilles bursitis.
- Explain Achilles tendinitis, tear, and rupture and associated symptoms and treatment.
- Explain the difference between strain and sprain.
- Describe anterior ankle impingement.
- Explain treatment for blisters.
- Differentiate among hammer, claw, and mallet toes.
- Describe the implications of claw foot on sports participation.
- Explain treatment for fad pad contusion.
- Explain how dancing is implicated in flexor tendinitis of the toes.
- Describe the 3 primary types of Lisfranc injuries.
- Describe 3 different types of malleolar fractures.
- Explain the cause of Morton’s syndrome/neuroma.
- Discuss treatment options for peroneus brevis tendinitis/rupture.
- Explain how bone spurs relate to plantar fasciitis.
- Explain how pronation relates to sinus tarsi syndrome.
- Describe two common stress fractures of the foot.
- Explain the pathophysiology of tarsal tunnel syndrome.
- Describe symptoms of tibialis posterior tendinopathy and turf toe