Comprehensive High-Yield Review of Foot and Ankle Disorders: Achilles Tendon Rupture, Plantar Fasciitis, Turf Toe, Lisfranc Injury, Charcot Foot, Diabetic Foot Complications, Arthritis, Bunions, Hammer Toe, and Freiberg Infraction Questions Complete with

Comprehensive High-Yield Review of Foot and Ankle Disorders: Achilles Tendon Rupture, Plantar Fasciitis, Turf Toe, Lisfranc Injury, Charcot Foot, Diabetic Foot Complications, Arthritis, Bunions, Hammer Toe, and Freiberg Infraction Questions Complete with Verified A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026 Achilles tendon tear rupture of the mid-substance of the tendon between 5-7cm from the calcaneal insertion Clinical: - severe sudden onset of pain - edema, palpatory defect - (+) Thompson test - weakness with plantar flexion - stop and go sports Treatment: ***immobilization, surgical repair, serial casting, RICE, stretching, PT a (+) Thompson test is associated with what? achilles tendon tear - foot does not plantar flex when squeezing achilles tendon tear treatment 1. serial casting - plantar flex the foot in the cast, gradually decrease plantar flexion back to neutral 2. surgical repair - end to end repair - wound healing is really SLOW where is arthritis commonly found in the foot? ankle 1st MTP joint tarsometatarsal joints subtalar joint ***typically osteoarthritis presentation of foot arthritis pain, swelling, loss of motion, crepitus worse with prolonged standing/walking pain on uneven ground pain and crepitus with inversion and eversion of the foot = subtalar arthritis pain and crepitus with flexion and extension of the ankle = ankle arthritis Arthritis of Foot/Ankle: hallux rigidus condition in which degenerative arthritis affects the MTP joint at the base of the big toe, causing pain and stiffness - pain, crepitus, bunion Treatment for arthritis of the foot shoe modifications NSAIDs Injections Ankle brance Surgical Treatment: - Midfoot arthritis - Ankle arhritis - Subtalar arthritis - Hallux rigidus Diabetic foot combination of neuropathy and arterial damage may cause ski