SPRINGFIELD - It is a joint you might take for granted most days, but one that is key to mobility and arthritic pain in it can greatly impact lifestyle. If severe enough, some sufferers find ...

Michael Downs, a former high school and college football player, developed severe problems with his left ankle after years of wear and tear, including numerous ankle sprains. Sometimes, "I could just ...

Ankle fusion and total joint replacement are the two main options for definitive treatment of advanced arthritis. This large British study found that revision rates were significantly higher with ...

Are there any new ankle replacement techniques? A new ankle replacement technique developed by Dr. Mark Schon is showing longer-lasting results, with research confirming implants remain intact up to ...

When persistent or severe arthritis from a chronic ankle injury or fracture makes walking, exercise, or climbing stairs unbearable, it’s time to consider your treatment options. Ankle replacement ...

HOW ONE ANKLE SURGERY TURNED THINGS AROUND FOR A WOM DETERMINED TO KEEP ON MOVING. FIVE YEARS AGO, TINA COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT EXCRUCIATING PAIN. SHE IS A 60-YEAR-OLD NURSE AND FITNESS ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ankle fusion was associated with more adjunctive hindfoot procedures vs. total ankle replacement. Ankle ...

Once disparaged as borderline quackery, the procedure — called ankle arthroplasty — is now used to treat arthritis For years, doctors discouraged patients from getting the total ankle replacement — ...

Total ankle replacement, or ankle arthroplasty, has increasingly been used in the last 15 years to treat crippling ankle arthritis as the surgical techniques and the materials used for prostheses have ...

WEBVTT UNTIL RECENTLY, THE PAIN WAS CONSTANT FOR JIMMY. >> PROBABLY A SIX OR SEVEN. EMILY: EVERY DAY? >> EVERY DAY. IN 2011, HE BROKE HIS ANKLE IN THREE PLACES AND WENT THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERIES, BUT ...

Arthritis can be debilitating anywhere in the body, but for 61-year-old David Sander, the pain in his ankle was keeping him from enjoying retirement. “If I walked one day, I couldn’t walk for two,” ...

REPLACEMENT USED IN TINA'S SURGERY. DR. SCHON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE INFORMATION. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. JENNIFER: YOU'RE WELCOME. EXPLAIN WHAT YOU CO-INVENTED. >> SURE, ...