Surgery to cure the pain of ankle arthritis used to involve a 5in incision, a hammer, a chisel, and three months of painful rehabilitation in plaster.But today the keyhole procedure is somewhat more ...

Q: My father broke his ankle and they said he needs surgery. Why can’t they just put it in a cast and let it heal on its own? A: The ankle joint is made up of three bones. The tibia (shin bone) and ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

What is Ankle Pain - Symptom Evaluation? Ankle pain can be a sign of injury or impairment in some part of the ankle joint. The ankle joint is a complex junction where the bones of the foot and the leg ...

Ankle sprains occur when the ligaments that hold the ankle bones together get stretched or torn. This happens when the ankle is rolled, twisted or turned awkwardly. A sprained ankle is an injury that ...

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

The ankle is complex, composed of multiple bones, muscles, ligaments, and joints. As a result, it can be injured in many ways, including fractures, twists, sprains, and strains. One type of sprain, a ...

A broken ankle, also called an ankle fracture, is when you break one or more of the three bones that make up your ankle. These breaks can be tiny cracks in the bone or may break the bone all the way ...

With crossovers and hesitation moves, Bones Hyland was getting wherever he wanted against his old team Thursday night. Then the third-year guard crumpled to the court in the third quarter, and ...

A new study reveals humans evolved from African ape-like ancestors. Researchers analysed the ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus, nicknamed “Ardi.” The fossil is 4.4 million years old. Ardi possesses ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Nuggets are monitoring an unfortunate trend hampering an otherwise stellar debut NBA season for rookie guard Bones Hyland. Nagging ankle injuries. Hyland ...