A chronic ankle sprain, also known as chronic ankle instability, refers to a recurring, previous injury that continues to be painful and weak over the course of time. It can also describe an injury that continues to happen over and over again, even when making simple movements.
The weakness (or, instability) may include slight to moderate pain, and can also feel like your ankle is giving out. Depending on the severity of your injury, this feeling usually occurs while walking, jogging, or participating in a high intensity activity.
If your chronic injury is extremely severe, this feeling can also occur when simply standing up. If you haven’t checked with your doctor yet, this is a sure sign of needing a checkup.
You’ll definitely want to rule out the possibly of having a fracture, or ruptured ligament, before getting started with rehabilitating and re-strengthening your ankle.
If you’re experiencing this kind of ankle instability, you more than likely have had a bad previous sprain that never had time to heal properly. Your initial recovery and healing period may have been interrupted or complicated in some way.
Stretching, Re-Training Your Balance and Strengthening
While icing and resting an injury is important, stretching, retraining your balance, and re-strengthening your ankle are three incredibly important pieces to a successful, overall recovery. They should be included when rehabbing any type of sprained ankle.
Not only do these techniques help speed up your initial recovery, if you have a pre-existing chronic ankle sprain injury, they can also help you stabilize the ligaments, muscles, and other connective tissue around your ankle. This can help cut down on pain dramatically, and also strengthen up any weakness that remains.
Sprained Ankle Rehab: Organized and Scheduled
The most effective way to include these techniques into your treatment is by following an organized rehabilitation plan. By being on a set schedule, you can take enough time to allow results, but also stay on top of your overall recovery, so you continue to make progress steadily.
In any case, if your injury has occurred in the past, or even if you’re spraining your ankle for the second or third time now, following through with your rehab can get you back to your favorite activities and events faster, and also help address your chronic re-injury problems, too. Getting started with a progressive rehabilitation program will allow you to move through the different stages of recovery faster, and continue to see results all the way through.
Thankfully, you don’t have to look very far for a highly effective ankle rehab program, because already happen to be in the right place. We’ve spent hundreds of hours developing and planning our own. It’s called the ACT rehab program, and is presented through online videos.
I’ll personally be taking you through the rehabilitation process, and introducing you to a planned, step-by-step means of rehabbing your ankle, from the initial treatment, all the way to strength training movements and one-legged alternative power moves.
To learn more about ACT, click here to get started with your free online consultation. If you’re ready to end the frustration, and get your ankle healthy, get started with your free online consultation right away – please don’t leave your recovery up to chance.
