Ankle and Knee Injuries in
Athletic Training
Presented by Liz Miller AT, ATC
Prize Questions
About Me
• Graduated in 2010
• Prosthetist and
Orthotist
– Gait analysis
– Injury specific
knowledge
– Bedside manner
Anatomy and Gait Analysis
Back to the Basics…
Foot
Ankle
Ankle cont…
Ankle cont…
Leg
Knee
Prize Questions #1
• What type of bone is the Patella?
Answer #1
• Sesamoid
Gait Analysis
Gait Analysis cont…
Injuries
Fractures & Dislocations
• Stress Fractures
• ‘True’ Fractures
– Mechanism/Appearance
• Dislocations
Stress Fractures
• Overuse/stress
condition
• Common in
inexperienced and
nonconditioned
• Training Errors
• Nutritional
deficiencies
Stress Fractures cont…
• Calcaneus
• Tibia & Fibula
– Runners
– Ballet Dancers 
Why? (prize question
#2)
• MTSS
– Medial Tibial Stress
Syndrome
– AKA ‘Shinsplints’
– Compartment
Syndrome vs. SF
‘True’ Fractures
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Talus
Calcaneus
Ankle
Tibia
Fibula
Osteochondral/
Osteochondritis
Dissecans
• Patella
Sprains and Strains
• Sprain
– Ligaments
• Bone to Bone
• Strains
– Tendons
• Muscle to bone
Grading and Treatment
• Grade 1
– Stretched, no tear
• Grade 2
– Partial Tear
• Grade 3
– Full Tear
– Great Instability
• RICE
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Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Sprains of the Ankle
• Syndesmotic Sprain
• Inversion Ankle
Sprain
• Eversion Ankle Sprain
Sprains of the Knee
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MCL
LCL
ACL
PCL
Prize Question #3
• How do you treat Sprains and Strains?
Answer #3
• RICE
– Rest
– Ice
– Compression
– Elevation
Other Conditions of the Ankle
and Lower Leg
• Achilles Tendon
Rupture
• Compartment
Syndrome
• Shin Bruise
– Osteomyelitis
Other Conditions of the Knee
• Meniscus
Lesion/Injury
• Peroneal Nerve
Contusion
• Patellar Subluxation/
maltracking
• Osgood-Schlatter