DR. MARK HARDY, PODIATRIST STATES THAT LISFRANK INJURIES ARE EASY TO MISS AND HARD TO GET OVER
posted: Feb. 21, 2013.
PODIATRIST DR. MARK HARDY STATES "THAT ELITE ATHLETES LIKE NFL QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUB AND WIDE RECEIVER SANTONIO HOLMES HAD PRODUCTIVE SEASONS ENDED BY THE LITTLE-KNOWN AND OFTEN OVERLOOKED LISFRANC INJURY, A SERIOUS FOOT INJURY THAT FEW HAVE HEARD OF AND NO ONE WANTS. RELATIVELY UNCOMMON, FOUND IN ONLY 1 OF EVERY 55,000-60,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, LISFRANC INJURIES ONLY OCCUR IN THE MIDFOOT - WHERE THE LONG BONES LEADING UP TO THE TOES (METATARSALS) CONECT TO THE BONES OF THE ARCH (TARSALS). THE LISFRANC COMPLEX IS A CRITICAL JOINT IN PROPULSION DIRING WALKING AND RUNNING. UNFORTUNATELY, INJURIES THAT ARE EASILY OVERLOOKED. AS MANY AS 30% INJURIES ARE MISSED AT INITIAL DIAGNOSIS BY PROVIDERS WHO ARE NOT FOOT SPECIALISTS. THE LONG TER EFFECTS CAN BE DEBILITATING AND CAN RESULT IN LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS LIKE CHRONIC PAIN, OSTEOARTHRITIS AND EVEN FOOT DEFORMITIES."
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.