Foot & Ankle History
- Demographics
- Age
- Occupation
- Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Smoker
- pain
- where
- radiation
- type
- How long
- how did it start
- progression
- getting better, worse or the same
- when
- nocte,rest. Mechanical, constant
- aggravating,relieving
- associated
- instability,giveway
- stiffness
- clicking, grinding
- swell,deformity,cosmesis
- numbness,tingling
- function
- home
- walking distance
- shoes & socks
- sticks
- limp
- work
- sport
- Treatment
- Nonoperative
- Medications
- Analgesia
- How much
- How long
- Physio
- Orthotics
- Walking sticks
- Splints
- Operative
- When, what results, complications
- Exam (Standing)
- look: shoes,sticks,calipers,front,side,back,single toe rise,Coleman
- feel: spine
- move: gait,toe walk,heel walk
- Exam (Supine)
- look:sole of foot (wear pattern),plantar keratoses
dorsal corns (soft & hard), swelling, deformity, redness, scars
- feel: pulses, sole of foot, MT heads,MTP joints,interMT spaces,toe
tug,"Lachman",plantar fascia, rest of foot/ankle:systematic
- move:ankle,subtalar,midtarsal,MTP, IPJ
- ligs:ankle-AP drawer etc
- power,neuro: (tib post, tib ant,peroneals etc.)