Protect Your Feet This Winter Season While Participating In Sports
With winter comes a new season of sports to be played
, whether professionally or just for fun. From hockey to football and basketball, your choices for a sport to participate in are abundant. When choosing which sport to participate in, it is important to take extra care of your feet in order to avoid injury and keep you off the bench.
Protect Your Feet During Hockey
Typically, when you think about hockey players and injuries, you probably think about things like concussions, broken teeth, and broken noses. However, there are a wide variety of foot and ankle injuries involved in hockey, as well. According to Podiatry Today, about 27% of all hockey injuries occur in the lower extremities, with foot issues accounting for 11% of all injuries. Additionally, injuries are not just for the pros, though. Hockey players are susceptible to sprained ankles and fractures like any other athlete, but some injuries that are hockey specific, include:
*Skate Bite or Lace Bite, which is the result of a skate tongue that is too stiff and laced too tight. The tongue and laces place pressure on the front of the ankle, leading to painful tendonitis.
*Fractures and Lacerations, these injuries occur due to a heavy, hard puck coming at their feet at a high speed, blows from a stick, and blades from another player's slate-all leading to a foot disaster.
*Skates that don't fit. Poorly fitting skates are the root to many hockey injuries. Hockey skate fit is different than regular shoe fit, so you have to be extra careful when choosing your new skates.
Football and Your Feet
Playing football can place a great deal of stress on the foot and the more you play, the higher the stress. There can also be a lot of friction involved, particularly when playing on surfaces such as AstroTurf. A player often stops suddenly and twists and turns. Likewise, when playing on hard ground the studs can result in pressure to the sole of the foot. Football boots can also be quite stressful on your feet, especially when players wear a tight fit for better ball control. It is not uncommon for a football player to suffer from pressure points, corns, calluses or ingrown toenails as a result of football cleats. For children who are still growing, this can be damaging to the foot.
Orthotics Offer Added Protection
Orthotics are shoe inserts that are intended to correct an abnormal, or irregular, walking pattern. More than arch supports, orthotics provide support which makes standing, walking, and running more comfortable and efficient by altering slightly the angles at which the foot strikes a walking or running surface.
Your Scottsdale podiatrist may prescribe orthotics as a conservative approach to many foot problems or as a method of control after certain types of foot surgery. The use of orthotics is a highly successful and practical form of treatment. There are three different kinds of orthotics that can be used for your feet: rigid, soft and semi-rigid. Each is concerned with improving the functionality of your feet, minimizing the stress forces that could potentially cause pain or deformity
Talk to your podiatrist in Scottsdale for more information on how you can protect your feet this season while participating in basketball, football, hockey, or any other sport.
by: Gen Wright
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