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Acute ankle joint injury

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  • Education
  • Joint/Tendon
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  • Ankle injury
  • Ankle-foot
Ankle

Ankle injury

Injury Mechanism:

Ankle inversion or eversion movement ± rotational component

Ankle Sprains

Ankle ligament sprain management

Injury Mechanism:

Ankle inversion or eversion movement ± rotational component

Ankle ligament sprain management
Return to sport: Ankle Rehabilitation

Acute management

  • Rest
  • Ice
  • Compression
  • Splint or brace where appropriate
  • Elevation
  • Surgery where indicated
  • Non-surgery management includes treatment followed by ankle rehabilitation
  • Follow rehabilitation protocol as set out by your attending professional rehabilitation specialist

Treatment principles

  • Surgery: where appropriately indicated
  • Non-operative:
    • immobilization with brace/cast as indicated by attending professional
Physiotherapy modality principles:
  • Reduce pain and inflammation
  • Regain ROM
  • Gait re-education
Biokineticist
  • Improve strength and muscle size
  • Sport-specific strengthening
  • Return to sport after completing a battery of tests
Treatment principles

Download ASSIC performance fingerprint app or ASSIC strength/conditioning app for
rehab guideline routine

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Match readiness

Return to sport & match readiness:

  • After appropriate rehabilitation
  • Assess return to sport after completing a battery of testing
Foot strength exercise
Foot strength exercise
Resistance strength exercise
Resistance strength exercise
Resistance strength exercise
Resistance strength exercise

Download ASSIC performance fingerprint app or ASSIC strength/conditioning app for ankle rehab guidelines and strapping technique

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