{"id":90,"date":"2014-03-12T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2014-03-27T19:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:53:00","slug":"ankle-pain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"Ankle Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ankle pain like any other joint problems can greatly affect  ones lifestyle.\u00a0 There are many causes of  ankle pain from trauma to overuse injuries to systemic conditions such as  rheumatoid arthritis.\u00a0 Symptoms may  include stiffness, swelling, and a dull ache.\u00a0  If rest, ice, and over the counter anti-inflammatory medications have  not helped, a visit to one of our podiatric physicians may be indicated.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Evaluation of your ankle pain will usually require  x-rays.\u00a0 If the problem is not visible on  x-ray, a MRI or CT scan may be ordered.\u00a0  The MRI allows your doctor to visualize the cartilage and bones of the  ankle as well as all the surrounding ligaments and tendons.\u00a0 This allows for a very specific diagnosis and  treatment program.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Depending on the severity of your problem, treatment may  include stronger oral medications, physical therapy, and occasionally  injections of either steroids or joint lubricants. If conservative therapies  fail, our podiatric physicians are very skilled in surgical procedures from  arthroscopy, utilizing microsurgical cameras in the joint, to full ankle  reconstruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankle pain like any other joint problems can greatly affect ones lifestyle.\u00a0 There are many causes of ankle pain from trauma to overuse injuries to systemic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.\u00a0 Symptoms may include stiffness, swelling, and a dull ache.\u00a0 If rest, ice, and over the counter anti-inflammatory medications have not helped, a visit to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/281"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footandankle.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}