5 Questions You ve Always Wanted To Ask An ER Doctor, Answered
Pro tip: watch out for your ankles. May 27, 2021
According to Italo Brown M.D., a busy ER doctor in California and clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at Stanford University, ankle injuries are the most common preventable injury that he s seen bring people into the emergency room.
Brown jumped onto the Men s Health Instagram Live this week to answer submitted questions on what it s like to be an ER doctor. Brown covered everything from why people don t go to the ER to what he does on a day off. He began his takeover explaining that ankle sprains are especially common in weekend warriors. If you play hard on the weekends but spend most of the rest of the week in a chair, take care to give your ankles the conditioning and support they need. Folks think that they re the high school athlete they once were, Brown says. Be a little cautious before you go all out. Rest the ankle if you sprain