Ankle sprains are one of the most common sport-related injuries treated by rehabilitation professionals. These injuries often result in lost participation and can lead to subsequent injury episodes. Therefore, it is important to determine appropriate means of preventing these injuries. There has recently been an increase in the popularity of balance training programs for the prevention of knee ...

Lateral Ankle Sprains are common injuries in both the general and athletic populations. While majority of patients will recover through conservative management, some continue to suffer with chronic lateral ankle instability need undergo additional surgical treatment. The purpose this study is determine incidence sprains that go on surgery, amount time spent physical therapy (PT), cost diagnosis...

Ankle sprains fall into two main categories: acute ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability, which are among the most common recurrent injuries during occupational activities, athletic events, training and army service.Acute ankle sprain is usually managed conservatively and functional rehabilitation failure by conservative treatment leads to development of chronic ankle instability, which m...

According to World Health Organization, road traffic accident claims 1.2 million deaths annually and causes up 50 non-fatal injuries. Alimb injury is any a limb, either leg or arm, the toes fingers. Limb injuries include broken bones (cracked fractured bones, eg. arm), dislocations (when bone has been moved dislodged, dislocated shoulder), sprains (injuries ligaments, sprained ankle), strains m...

NKLE INJURIES are among the most common injuries in sports. Those involving the taioand tibiofibular ankle ligaments are among the most common and debilitating afflictions of the lower leg. Syndesmosis ankle sprains are uncommon and difficult to diagnose because of the subtle anatomical changes involved. When the injury goes undetected, the outcome can be persistent pain and instability that ca...

Abstract Comfrey Symphytum officinale L. (true comfrey) and S. × uplandicum Nyman (a hybrid between asperum Lepech L., Russian are used externally for the treatment of pain, inflammation swelling muscles joints in degenerative arthritis, acute myalgia, sprains, contusions strains after accidents. Besides plant secondary compounds associated with beneficial activities (e.g. rosmarinic acid allan...