Ankle Ligament Injury
The ligaments around the ankle keep the bones in place. Ligaments are like rubber bands. They can stretch and then immediately go back to their natural position. With an ankle ligament injury, those ligaments are damaged. The modern person does not have very flexible or strong ankle ligaments. This means that a small misstep or landing on something uneven can cause an injury in the ankles. The more common term for this is a sprained ankle.
So, there are two things to be addressed. One, if you have already injured your ankle and are looking for the best way to heal yourself. And two, the best way to strengthen the ligaments in your ankle to reduce the risk of injury and help improve speed and agility. Let us take each one by one.
First, if you currently or recently had an ankle ligament injury, you will find there is a lot of swelling, bruising and pain. Depending on whether it is a grade 1, 2 or 3 sprain, you will have a wide difference in the amount of pain, swelling, etc… The standard treatment for an ankle sprain is R.I.C.E. At sprainedanklerehab.org, we do not recommend this treatment option. We don’t mean to say that rest and ice are bad for you. They are actually important tools for healing an injury. But, where we differ is from the viewpoint that these techniques are just the tip of the iceberg.
Ice is only effective at reducing swelling for the first two days after an injury. And rest cannot strengthen the ligaments in the ankle and it certainly cannot make return their natural range of motion from before the injury. So, in addition to rest and ice, you need a proper rehab program that will enable you to fully heal the ligaments in and around the ankle joint. By doing this, you will experience a full recovery. Interestingly, by doing proper rehab, you will actually experience a much faster recovery than mere rest and ice alone.
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If you do not have an injury at the moment, but are interested in reducing your risk of injury and/or increasing your natural speed and agility, then you will want to do prehab exercises and stretches in the ankle joint and calves. This will strengthen the ligaments and improve their natural range of motion. That will really help protect you against the twisting force applied to the ligaments when you land on something uneven or trip. Your ankle will be able to protect the ligaments from a tear, because they will be able to naturally stretch further and snap back safely.
FACT: Almost 5 million visits are made to doctors’ offices each year because of foot and ankle issues.
