Call 281-633-8600 for an appointment. This article is based on an episode of the Dr. Jay Show on AM1560TheGame broadcast from Houston, TX. Dr. Bennett’s guest for the Show is Dr. Mark Vann, foot and ankle specialist.
This is a transcript of a Dr. Jay Show broadcast on 1560TheGame in Houston, TX. Dr. J. Michael Bennett is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and a Fellowship Trained Sports Medicine Physician serving patients from Katy, Fort Bend County, Metro Houston and Southeast Texas from offices in Sugar Land, TX. Call 281-633-8600 for an appointment. Our special guest is Dr. Mark Vann, a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in foot and ankle injuries.
Here’s the transcript of the sixth portion of the Show:
DR. J. MICHAEL BENNETT: As far as avoiding ankle injuries, is there any kind or routine that you recommend? For me personally in my clinic, there’s a sports-specific training program that I usually recommend. I work with Danny Arnold over at Plex occasionally and he’s got a great program for getting these young athletes to strengthen those muscles, get those fast twitch muscle fibers firing so it stabilizes the ankle, get the plyometrics going which makes a big difference in body reaction time and in preventing ankle injuries. Do you have any personal recommendations or protocols in regards to avoiding injury?
DR. MARK VANN: Pretty much those same ones. Plyometrics and strengthening; those are all the things that are going to help. But again, unfortunately, ankle sprains are an unavoidable consequence of sporting events. Lateral movements, the uneven surfaces, and that’s just the playing field. Now you start adding in sports like football or basketball where you may actually step on someone or there’s some body part underneath your foot instead of a nice, level surface and that’s what can cause an ankle sprain. I’d say nine times out of 10 it’s more of the cause rather than something like straight, in-line running. It’s usually lateral movement or landing on uneven surfaces that causes these sprains and I think the best way to prevent this is by strengthening the muscles, and things like stretching can also help, basically pre-game stretching.
If you’d like to talk with Dr. Bennett about your sports conditioning or training program or perhaps you have a nagging sports injury, please call our office at 281-633-8600.
