The upper body down jacket is bare at the ankle! Do you like this style of dressing too?A girl in Hangzhou almost couldn’t walk
A few days ago, a young girl limped into the orthopaedic foot and ankle disease clinic of the Provincial People’s Hospital. Her upper body was wrapped in a heavy knee-length down jacket and a mask, while her lower body was wearing ankle-baring trousers. The doctor saw that the patient’s upper body was “cold in winter” and his ankles were “summer clothes”, and he already understood seven or eight points in his heart.
Every autumn and winter, the number of patients who come to the hospital’s orthopaedic foot and ankle disease clinic will increase significantly. Among them, there are young women who like to show their ankles.
24-year-old Xiao Liu is a senior “ankle-exposed family”, and he liked this kind of skinny beauty when he was still in college four or five years ago.
Three months ago, she accidentally injured her ankle while playing badminton. At that time, the ankle was painful and swollen, and the MRI showed that the lateral ligament of the ankle was damaged and the ankle joint was effusion. After more than 1 month of regular conservative treatment, there is basically no pain, and walking is normal.
After the Spring Festival, Xiao Liu’s love for beauty was rekindled. After showing her ankle “beautiful” for a period of time, her ankle started to hurt again, affecting her ability to walk, and she had to go to the doctor again.
“Doctor, just give me some pain reliever cream or other treatments. Of course it’s cold. I’m used to it, and I can stick to it. To look good, sometimes I have to fight it!” In front of the doctor, Xiao Liu was straightforward.
“Treatment is necessary, and keeping warm is also very important. Otherwise, your feet will not be healed for a while, and it is very likely that they will worsen. Little girl, it always relapses and affects walking. Isn’t that foot like a waste?” People of Zhejiang Province Gu Xiaohui, an expert in orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery and chief physician of the hospital, persuaded patiently.
Next, Gu Xiaohui took physical therapy, drugs to eliminate aseptic inflammation, brace protection, and local injections, and suggested that Xiao Liu usually wear high-top, well-wrapped sneakers to keep the ankle warm. , Support, anti-twist effect.
Why do ankles “injure” when the temperature drops?
Gu Xiaohui explained that, first of all, if the patient has a history of foot and ankle injury, then there is aseptic inflammation in the foot and ankle joint cavity and tendon tissue around the joint, which will secrete inflammatory factors, and inflammatory factors are the main cause of pain. factor. When the weather is cold, the legs and feet are cold, the blood vessels in the ankles will spasm and contract, the blood circulation will become slow, and the blood supply will be reduced, which will lead to stasis and accumulation of local inflammatory factors in the joints and around the tendons, irritating the joints. and tendon pain.
Secondly, because the feet and ankles are far from the heart, the local blood supply is relatively small and the blood flow is slow. At the same time, the soft tissues of the ankles are thin, the local subcutaneous fat layer is thin, and the thin skin is the ankle joint, which has poor cold resistance and warmth retention. . Expose the ankle, the ankle is cold, the blood will not be smooth, and it is easy to cause arthritis.
Furthermore, cold stimulation can also lead to stiffness of the ankle joint and nearby muscles and ligaments, reduced reactivity, inflexibility, and decreased joint stability and coordination, which makes the ankle joint prone to injury and pain in cold weather.
(In order to protect the privacy of the parties, the patient in the text is a pseudonym)
Source: City Express Author: reporter Zhang Yuzin, correspondent Song Lisheng Editor: Zheng Haiyun
