Sports Foot Injuries
A 22-year-old professional football player presents with acute pain at the base of his great toe following a tackle. He describes his foot being fixed on the ground while his body moved forward, forcing his toe into hyperextension. He has swelling and tenderness over the plantar aspect of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint with pain on passive extension. Weight-bearing is painful. He is concerned about returning to play. Regarding turf toe:
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Turf toe is a sprain of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint capsule and plantar plate complex ...
The plantar plate complex includes the plantar plate (thickened fibrocartilaginous structure), the s...
Turf toe is caused by hyperflexion injury; it is more common on natural grass than artificial turf; ...
Treatment depends on grade: Grade I (rest, taping, stiff-soled shoe, return to play in days to 1-2 w...
Surgical indications include large capsular avulsion with unstable joint, sesamoid fracture with ret...
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