Feeling continual ankle instability? Constantly getting ankle injuries? Overall weak ankles? You're not alone. DocJen & Dr. Dom present the literature and statistics on the prevalence of chronic instability and preditors of chronic instability. Furthermore, they explain the anatomy of the ankle and the different types of ankle sprains that can occur. They dive into how grades are determined, symptoms and tests that indicate chronic ankle instability, and how mechanical and functional instability looks like with ankle instability. Finally, they provide a real-life perspective to how psychology can influence your movement patterns or rate of re-injury, as well as, provide you with the steps and tools to rehabilitate your or prevent chronic ankle sprains.  To learn how to re-pattern and re-coordinate your ankles to prevent spraining your ankle again, tune in!

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What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:

3:11 – Types of Ankle sprains

4:00 – Grading for Ankle Sprains

4:28 – Prevalence & Etiology

6:07 – Risk factors

7:58 – How does it go from acute stag to chronic stage

9:41 – Symptoms that indicate chronic ankle instability

10:20 – Tests for Chronic Ankle Instability

13:33 – Different types of instability

15:30 – What to do if you are hypermobile

15:52 – Steps to address your chronic instability

17:29 – Psychological influence with chronic ankle sprains

18:00  – The biggest focus of your rehabilitation journey

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