Practice Management
The patient is a 25-year-old man who complains of severe ankle pain and immobility after stumbling at work. He was carrying boxes through the warehouse when he stumbled and fell off a platform, landing with his foot in a forced flexion position. View the image taken and consider your next steps, along with possible diagnoses.
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A 56-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension presents to an urgent care center 1 hour after she injured her ankle while stepping off a curb. She believes that the ankle “twisted inward” but is not sure. She reports sharp, severe, constant pain throughout the joint and that worsens when she attempts to move the ankle through the range of motion. There is no numbness of the foot or ankle, no pain at …
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