The ankle is an amazing body part that gives us an incredible range of motion, allowing us to do a variety of different activities. As a hinged joint, not only can it move away from the body, but it also moves toward the body. This directionality, along with your feet’s stability, allows you to do the activities you enjoy, from walking on the beach and jogging through your neighborhood to playing sports or even driving your car and pressing on the gas.
Your feet and ankles are made of complex components that are susceptible to both injury and medical conditions, which can impact your ability to move about freely. These issues often result in pain. When you experience foot and ankle pain, it’s time to visit the team at Spine INA to discover the cause.
What Is Foot and Ankle Pain?
The foot is what anchors us to the earth, offering stability combined with mechanical complexity. Along with the ankle, our feet are the foundation of our body, acting as shock absorbers and engines that propel us forward. These parts are made up of hundreds of components that keep us moving, including 26 small bones, 33 separate joints, more than 100 tendons, muscles and ligaments and our entire network of nerves and blood vessels.
If anything goes wrong with these many different parts, painful sensations can arise. Tons of injuries and medical conditions can impact our feet and ankles, thus causing chronic pain.
