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148. How to assess ankle sprains & start rehab with Zoe Russell

Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

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Should I Just Be Strapping My Ankle From Now On?

As you get back into your sport, we will have you strapping your ankle. But then we'll gradually ween that down. And our goal is that you can return to your sport long term without having your ankle stripped. I would encourage them to strap because the reason for that is if you've got those ligament laxity and those neuromuscular impairments, and they keep rolling their ankle,. what you're generally going to do is keep abutting those bony surfaces to one another. That's where the difficulty and the progression of that post-traumatic osteoarthritis lies.

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