Jacoby Brissett of the Indianapolis Colts left the Nov. 3 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second quarter with a sprain of his medial collateral ligament. Colts lineman Quenton Nelson was pushed into Brissett in the second quarter. Colts coach Frank Reich said he was confident Brissett would recover sufficiently to play in next Sunday’s game.
Victor Robles of the Washington Nationals was diagnosed with a hamstring strain in his right leg while running during a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 6. Nationals manager Dave Martinez described the injury as mild, but pulled Robles from the game just to be sure. He said they will monitor Robles for the time being.
On September 22nd, New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley injured his ankle during the Giants game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Barkley’s ankle bent awkwardly after getting caught underneath Buccaneers’ safety Mike Edwards during a tackle. Barkley was carried off the field and returned to the sideline in a walking boot and crutches.
An MRI the next day confirmed that Barkley suffered what is often referred to as a high ankle sprain. As we often note on the sports injury blog, most of these MRIs are not particularly helpful and most non-professional athletes go without them.
High ankle sprains involve a set of ligaments above the ankle joint between the tibia and fibula. These ligaments form the syndesmosis.
The standard treatment for high ankle sprains is rest, ice, compression, and elevation. Surgery is sometimes offered for more severe sprains (complete ligament tears) and some specific types of ligament injuries.
Barkley will not have surgery, but will miss the next 4-8 weeks while the ligaments heal. Barkley recently informed ESPN that he had a similar injury while he was a freshman at Penn State, and only missed two games.
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