Inside Insights For Tackling Football Injuries  Start Page: 76
Achilles tendon ruptures can be caused by the repetition of
dropping back to throw the football. A quarterback may throw the
football up to 50 times in a game and a few hundred times during
practice. Ankle injuries are the second most common injury in
football and rank just behind knee injuries when it comes to the
amount of time lost from the football field. (Photo courtesy of
Richard Braver, DPM) Inside Insights For Tackling Football
Injuries A Guide To Common Lower Extremity Injuries At Different
Positions By Mark A. Caselli, DPM     One can usually treat
grade I injuries effectively with conservative measures.
Athletes may continue sports activity if they wear stiff-soled
shoes to reduce dorsiflexion during the push-off phase. They
should also tape the great toe by bringing the tape from the
dorsal surface of the great toe to the plantar surface. This
also limits the amount of dorsiflexion.     Athletes with grade
II injuries should refrain fr