My ankle hurts here! 11 typical pain spots and what they mean

Are you suffering from ankle pain? Do you know where the pain is coming from? In this video, Prof. Dr. Bellemans discusses the 11 most common pain locations in the ankle, what they mean in terms of "what is the problem", and which treatment options there could be. He also discuss the importance of seeing a doctor if you are experiencing ankle pain.

00:00 Intro
00:40 Lateral ankle sprain explained
01:15 Lateral ankle fracture explained
01:58 Medial ankle sprain explained
02:33 Syndesmosis injury explained
03:02 Anterior impingement explained
03:50 Peroneal tendinitis explained
04:21 Tibialis posterior tendinitis explained
05:15 Tibialis anterior tendinitis explained
05:48 Navicular stress fracture explained
06:17 Cartilage lesion of the talus explained
07:28 Posterior impingement explained
08:08 Summary

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[GeorginaEliason-kc]

The best video in ankle pain I have found. thank you!

[ThatIsJustMe]

I am praying every day for a "which part hurts" shoulder video 🙏🏻😄

[Vlogbits_]

I am a last year physical therapy student, i found your video and can't believe you are like my god thank you so much for valuable content

[ajayjaiswal]

I am a final year physiotherapy student. Your lectures are so informative and simple. All the presentations and pictures are so well used for better understanding and explanations.
Thankyou so much ❤

[kelbee]

Very helpful & easy to understand. Thank you

[setharnold]

Such an excellent video. I'm surprised there wasn't something on the Achilles itself, though. Thanks

[rickdeckard]

This is great. Was trying to search but unsure of the terms but this breaks it down much easier thank you.

[nimaetemadi]

Ths video is amazing. Thank you so much!! I have posterior impingment, I wish you make more videos on that.

[chesstictacs]

Thank you doctor, great content! I’d love to see content on stress reaction and stress fracture on tibia and of course treatment options.

[mamotivated]

Thanks for posting this video. Really helped me to identify possible reasons why my ankle hurts.

[gillianbell]

Hi prof.I have a trimellioma fracture with dislocation and after a rough surgery I have pain in all these places.thank you for this as I now understand what is going on in there.

[kailashbedi]

So clearly expressed and easy to understand and follow. This was of great help. Thank you for sharing this with us. 🙏🏼

[tdfefdsa]

This video is perfect, thank you! Could you also make one for wrists in the future?

[ligy]

Fantastic video. I found out about a year ago that I have an osteochondral defect. The doctors didn't find it for 4 months. I had to get surgery. I got an arthroscopy and lateral ligamentous reconstruction. It still hurts every day but is much better than it was before it got operated on. I'm grateful for modern medicine!

[przemslaw]

Thank you! I was stressing about pain in achilles tendons, but this video made it clear that the pain comes from some lateral tendons, and I strained it the exact way that was metioned in the video. I will give it a rest for a few more days, and see a doctor if it doesn't go away. For making it so clear, short and easy, a gigantic like and sub.

[gdebrian]

That was a great summary of ankle region injury!

[brendakelley]

Thank you for this enlightening video! I had surgery about 8 weeks ago for an osteochondral lesion (OCL). The MRI report stated that it was "tiny" and a mere 2mm in size. My surgeon planned to debride it and then do the other part of the surgery, plantar fascia release. Upon visualization of the OCL, he measured it at 2 CM, ten times larger than the MRI showed. He debrided the damaged or defective cartilage and did 5 microfractures to try to create some fresh scar tissue to supplant the cartilage. I have since read/seen on another surgeon's ankle OCL video that "It should be noted that the radiographic and the arthroscopic findings do not always correlate." (Osteochondral Lesions Of The Talus - Everything You Need To Know - Dr. Nabil Ebraheim) This discrepancy was significant in my case and had the surgeon and I known beforehand how large the legion was, we might have planned for additional steps like stem cell placement. As it stands, I'm still in the lengthy recovery and walking in a boot until we determine whether the microfractures have succeeded and if not, whether I'll go directly to an ankle replacement.

[AndriiPruskyi]

Great job! Thank you. I have some concerns about occasional pain in specific areas of my foot, accompanied by frequent crunching, clicking, and other unpleasant sounds. I am 22 years old and experienced a tibial oblique fracture seven years ago. Currently, I have a slight medial angle and length discrepancy in my tibia.

[lesio]

Great video. Concise, short to the point. Thank you for sharing

[khapp]

thank you for this video, i am a recovering athlethe and this helped me identify my diagnosis and improve my ankle