Performance Therapy — Ankle
Relationship of the Gluteus Muscles to Ankle Sprains
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Did you know that the ankle is the most frequently injured joint, both in athletics and in daily life? Ankle sprains are the most common athletic injury, and 70–85% of these are inversion-type sprains. It has been reported that 10–30% of people with acute inversion-type sprains develop chronic mechanical instabilities as well as functional deficits, and approximately 80% of ankle sprains recur. According to the UK National Health Service (NHS), ankle sprain injuries account for around 1–1.5 million visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments in the UK each year; and it is estimated that every day over 27,000 people...
Treating Ankle Pain and Stiffness
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