![]() Fortunately, most ankle fractures occur without a dislocation. Nondisplaced, where the bone cracks but the joint stays in place with your talus between the tibia and the fibula, orÄisplaced, where the broken bones are pulled out of their normal alignment in the joint (dislocated). ![]() The bump on the inside of your ankle, the medial malleolus, is less commonly fractured. The lateral malleolus is the bottom of the fibula, the smaller lower leg bone. The most common fracture is to the bony bump on the outside of the ankle, the lateral malleolus. When any of these bones are broken, you are said to have an ankle fracture. They carry the weight of your body and help keep you balanced on uneven ground. These joints, along with the ligaments that hold the bones together absorb all the stress your ankle receives as you walk, run or jump. This joint allows the ankle to move from side to side. It is the coming together of the talus above and the calcaneus (heel bone) below. The subtalar joint is the second part of the ankle. It is responsible for the up and down movement of the foot. ![]() ![]() It is the coming together of three bones: the fibula of the shin on the outside of the ankle the tibia, also of the shin, on the inside of the ankle and that talus bone underneath them. The portion that we usually mean when we refer to the ankle is called the true ankle joint. While we tend to talk about the ankle as if it were a single joint, it is actually two joints. ![]()
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