04/26/2016    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NEWS STORIES)

RE: CA Podiatrist Comments on Star Basketball Player's Ankle Injury

From: Matt Sciaroni, DPM

 

I have followed Stephen Curry’s career since the time he took unheralded Davidson to the Final Four Championship. I have never examined his feet, nor have I ever even seen a weight-bearing radiograph. These top-tier athletes are very closed lipped when it comes to their injuries, so that makes my opinion/conjecture on par with Dr. Kirby’s. Curry has actually had two surgeries on his right foot, neither of which (based upon his limited recovery period) appears to have involved serious osseous procedures.

 

My conjecture is that he has a rear foot varus deformity, due to his easily inverted ankle sprains which plagued him before last season. He has performed incredibly throughout this regular season; therefore his movement, angulation, acceleration and deceleration indicate that remnant scar tissue was not an issue. Without knowing what his baseline diagnosis is, or what procedures were performed, Dr. Kirby’s conjecture falls flat...including his comment that it was the coach's decision.

 

Matt Sciaroni, DPM, Fresno, CA