What is an impingement (a pinching) of the upper ankle?
This disease is also known as a soccer player's ankle (ankle footballer) refers. It prefers Athletes diagnosed with long exposure in the context of contact sports such as football.
What happens when the joint impingement on OSG (upper ankle)?
These are formed depending on the extent of impingement of the bony outgrowths on the shin, and later also at the anchor leg in the front ankle section. At these terminals Knochenvorsprüngen articular soft tissues such as mucosa, scarring and units have a capsule. The unwinding of the upper ankle (OSG) is often painful and the mobility is limited by the increasingly restricted Weichteileinklemmungen?
Often limit the pain affected athletes in sports, but more often ankle pain after the burdens as a. The joy of this sport is often destroyed.
Why are changes in the bone impingement of the OSG?
The Knochenauswüchse (Osteophyten) are caused by recurrent small injuries of the anterior ankle joint capsule known as Traktionsosteophyten (under train resulting bone attachments). Partial break from them and can act as a free joint body on the front articulated section disrupt and damage the ankle. There may be serious Sprunggelenksarthrosen develop, particularly if further violations of the older joints are available. Here are ligament injuries, ankle fractures and cartilage bone injuries such as the mention Osteochondrosis dissecans.
How can the impingement of the ankle to an ankle arthritis or a cartilage damage?
The problem is in addition to the restriction of movement often occurring cartilage damage to the anklebone surface, because the attachments to the bone cartilage damage behind. Partial traces with clear cut. These are one-sided and can be prolonged existence of the cartilage completely consume. The usual mechanisms of ankle arthritis with inflammation of the mucous membrane of the articular cartilage abrasion and irritation of the joint to promote during the ankle arthrosis.
What extent has the OSG-Impingement in affected?
The disease is divided Scanton. This classification should help define the treatment and also scientifically to be able to define. what therapy for the changes is best
The bone changes are always first on the shin, and only in the further course on the opposite side of anklebone neck.
How is the impingement of the upper ankle treated today?
Therefore especially keyhole interventions in question. The so-called arthroscopy of the upper ankle can secure the diagnosis and therapy in one session. Here Weichteileinklemmungen resolved. The bony off with a special Fräße worn. Cartilage damage dependent stages must be treated.
