Playing basketball ankle broken, the crunching sound is considered to be soft tissue strains, joint dislocation or fracture caused by the need to combine the patient’s symptoms and related auxiliary examination to confirm the diagnosis.
1. Soft tissue strain: if there is a clear history of trauma, in the ankle ligaments, tendons and other soft tissue strains, often accompanied by crunching sound, especially ligaments or tendons appear obvious laceration, and local because of the soft tissue edema or capillary damage and bleeding and the formation of hematoma, so the ankle will be swollen, the MRI examination helps to identify.
2. Joint dislocation: when the ankle is broken, if the ankle joint is dislocated, it is often accompanied by laceration of the joint capsule, so there will be a crunching sound, and there is deformation of the joints as well as limitation of activities, and X-ray and other imaging tests can help to confirm the diagnosis.
3. Fracture: Avulsion fracture is more common, the fracture can appear crunching sound, the fracture site can be accompanied by soft tissue edema or local hematoma formation, so it will be swollen. Taking X-rays, CT and other imaging tests can confirm the diagnosis.
It is recommended to reduce foot activities after breaking the foot, go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination, to clarify the severity of the injury, and to be given relevant treatment by a professional physician for the condition.