High Ankle Sprains

With football season starting, let us remind ourselves of some of the most common injuries.  While high ankle sprains may not be as common as inversion ankle sprains, high ankle sprains are much more complicated.  Athletes are typically out for weeks and sometimes months if they do not balance rest and rehabilitation properly.  All too often sports physical therapists are left with a lengthy rehab for these athletes.  

Dan Lorenz is a Duke sports fellowship trained physical therapist and athletic trainer who owns a practice in Kansas City.  He is also one of the best minds in the PT community in integrating strength and conditioning principles with physical therapy.  In this blog post, Dan breaks down what high ankle sprains are, the causes, the recovery timetable, and his suggestions of what should be done during rehabilitation.  Additionally, he reminds us of some of the newer research pertaining to implementing a screw into the distal tib-fib to help improve the healing process.  Check it out!

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