The most common acute injury requiring medical attention in sport is a simple ankle sprain. Although most sprains are simple involving the typical lateral ligaments of the ankle some are more complex. Both the simple and complex sprains are generally treated non-surgically. However complex sprains usually need a slower rehabilitation pathway to full recovery. It is essential that ankle sprains are assessed post-injury so the correct recovery pathway can be identified and commenced. The practitioners at SPARC with their specialty Sports and Exercise Physician training are ideally placed to assist in the this process. Commencing the appropriate immediate treatment and coordination the rehabilitation pathway is what the SPARC doctor practitioners do for ankle injuries, and for all other acute injuries.
The typical mechanism of an ankle sprain injury is demonstrated here