Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley sustained a right midfoot sprain in the final two minutes of the Timberwolves game against Cleveland last Friday.
Thankfully, an MRI showed no broken bones or ligament damage, but Beasley will miss a number of games due to the injury.
Dr. Silverman Comments
A midfoot sprain can vary from a minor problem to a complete disaster. Mild midfoot sprains usually result from twisting-inward injuries, as seen in figure 1 below.
Bad midfoot injuries result from twisting out the ankle or plantar flexion (see figure 2). Plantar flexion stress often results in a Lisfranc injury – a common football injury.
If Beasley is only likely to miss 3 games, this is a minor midfoot sprain and he will probably be better in a week.
However, these minor foot sprains are often indicative of a different problem. Beasley has been suffering from ankle sprains for years. He, like Brett Favre, doesn’t seem to get them fixed. It’s just treated non-surgically. He recovers from the injury, only to have another injury in the future.
Beasley can’t stop himself from rolling on the outside of his foot and turning his ankle as well as he should. He will have more of these ankle sprains, mild midfoot sprains, and other fractures to that outside of the foot over his career.
In my practice, I see many people who have similar troubles, they just don’t have to go out and play basketball every day. They break bones, tendons, and other joints because they have bad ankle ligaments. Fixing loose ankle ligaments is the best solution to these issues.
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