| If you have a sprained ankle and you don't rehab it | | | | Make sure that any rehab program you follow or are |
| properly, statistics say that you will suffer another | | | | instructed to follow by a doctor or physical therapist |
| more serious sprain within 12 months of your first | | | | includes the following items: |
| injury. | | | | - Strengthens the muscles that support your ankle |
| These statistics are based on hospital emergency | | | | - Restores range of motion the way that you walk - |
| room visits for the same injury. | | | | rubber band therapy will cause you to have "sore |
| For years nobody has been able to explain why this | | | | spots" long after you think you have completed |
| is, but a recent study by 2 major universities have | | | | rehabilitation of your sprained ankle. |
| found the answer... | | | | - Repairs and re-calibrates the electrical position |
| When you injured your ankle, the damage that | | | | sensors in your foot that are known in the medical |
| occurred was more than just to the ligaments and | | | | community as proprioceptors. |
| tendons in your ankle, damage also occurred in the | | | | - Helps to gently get rid of scar tissue that can |
| electrical system that tells your brain what position | | | | restrict movement and cause ongoing pain and |
| your foot is in. | | | | possibly arthritis later in life. |
| For years many doctors have known that only a 1 | | | | - Focuses on rehabilitation while bearing your own |
| 16th of an inch change in height in a walking surface | | | | weight - there are some programs that don't require |
| can result in a person tripping so is it unreasonable to | | | | you to bear your own weight which gives you a |
| think that damage to position sensors in your foot | | | | false sense of security that your ankle is healed |
| could cause you additional injury if they are not | | | | when it really isn't. |
| rehabilitated properly? | | | | Recent advances in rehabilitating sprains ankles have |
| The traditional approach to rehabilitation by most | | | | reduced the time to complete recovery from weeks |
| doctors is R.I.C.E., but most people don't know that | | | | to days so you should be able to get back to your |
| the RICE protocol is actually only an approved first | | | | life faster than ever before. |
| aid response to a sprained ankle and not a | | | | Make sure that you are using the most advanced |
| rehabilitation method. | | | | and aggressive sprained ankle rehab program possible |
| A proper sprained ankle rehab program will help | | | | because nobody wants to sit on the sidelines and |
| strengthen the muscles that support the ankle joint, | | | | watch life pass them by. |
| repair and re-calibrate the position sensors in the foot | | | | Oh, one more thing...its important... whenever you |
| and restore complete range of motion to the ankle. | | | | rehab a sprained ankle always do the same exercises |
| There are many approaches to rehabbing a sprained | | | | on the ankle that is not injured so you don't suffer |
| ankle, but not all of them are complete and address | | | | alternating sprained ankles due to one ankle being |
| the damage that occurred as a result of the injury. | | | | stronger than the other. |