The Lisfranc injury

During my 33 years of patient practice, I enjoyed the opportunities to care for professional rodeo athletes. Some of the saddle bronc participants suffered with a mid-foot injury when thrown from a bucking horse. Unfortunately, this type of injury is commonly misdiagnosed by clinicians. Lisfranc injuries are named after Jacques Lisfranc, a French surgeon in the early 1800s. In the army, a lot of the soldiers would get thrown from their horses, and their foot would get caught in the stirrup.…