15 Sep ⚽️ Did your child twist their foot while playing netball or soccer 😳Ankle pain stopping them from running🏃♂️
Ankle injuries often occur when people twist or roll over on their ankles when walking 🚶♂️ or running 🏃♀️. For some people it is a mild ankle sprain when they stepped onto uneven ground and felt their ankle roll in as they quickly saved themselves, while for others it was a major ankle injury when they missed a step and fell down a fight of stairs 😳😳😳 and for some others it was a sporting injury when they twisted to change direction awkwardly on their feet and collapsed from a sudden sharp pain in their ankles. ⚽️🎾🏀
No matter how an ankle injury happened, it is very important that it is looked at immediately and treated correctly. 🧐 Ankle injuries can include mild strains of the ligaments to complete ruptured of the ligaments and fractures of the ankle bones. 😳😳 Because we stand on our feet all the time 🚶♂️, ankle injuries can take up to 6 to 12 months to return to 100% pain free function. 💪
A common mistake 😳 most people make is that they ignore the ankle swelling when they first twisted or injured their ankle, put up with the ankle 😳 pain, hobble on their ankle for days or weeks hoping that the ankle will heal itself. Eventually they stop feeling the ankle 😳 pain, however what they will often experience is that the ankle feels unstable and they often feel the ankle give way or roll in under them or they find that the ankle aches when they start to run 🏃♀️ or play sports.
If that’s what your child complains their ankle feels like, then it’s likely that they have old scar tissue and ligament damage in their ankle from their ankle injury that hasn’t healed properly. 😳Although it’s best to have ankle injuries treated immediately for the best outcomes, It’s NEVER TOO LATE 💪 to have your child’s ankle injury looked at properly by an Expert Paediatric Physiotherapist. Rxxxing My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Physiotherapists 🤓today.
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