Bone Spur Ankle
The ankle is a common place for bone spurs to appear. There is a lot of
wear and tear that happens to the ankle joint over the years. The loss of
cartilage and the friction that this causes as the bones are not protect
causes bone spurs to appear on the ankle.
It is not uncommon to see bone spur appear where the major bones of the
ankle meets. These bones are the
- the shinbone (tibia)
- the other bone of the lower leg (fibula)
- the anklebone (talus)
It is also common to se bone spurs on the joint below the ankle joint is
another joint which is called subtalar, it is where the anklebone connects
to the heel bone (calcaneus).
Most bone spurs on Ankle are caused by osteoarthritis. This disease affects cartilage,
the tissue that cushions and protects the ends of bones in a joint. With osteoarthritis,
the cartilage starts to wear away over time. In extreme cases, the cartilage can
completely wear away, leaving nothing to protect the bones in a joint, causing
bone-on-bone contact. Bones may also bulge, or stick out at the end of a joint, called a
bone spur.
Bone spurs can also be caused by an injury to a ankle joint. In the process of trying
to heal the injury to the bone cause by the trauma to the ankle joint the body sometimes
over compensates and in the process causes calcium build up which forms into a bone spur. |
