About Ankle Impingement
Ankle impingement, is a source of chronic ankle pain that occurs when bone spurs, or osteophytes, develop on the front of the bones of the ankle. When this occurs an you may develop symptoms from the osteophytes impinging on each other or by pinching soft tissues between them.
Symptoms
Long term chronic pain on the front of the ankle that is worse with activity. The pain will be worse with bending the ankle backwards. There may also be recurrent swelling present in the front of the ankle after activity.
Treatment
Treatment will initially involve rest or pain relief and then progress on to include Physiotherapy. Corticosteroid injections may be an option. In serious cases, surgery can aso be performed to remove the bone spurs. This is usually performed arthroscopically with full post operative recovery generally taking between 3-6 months.
