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Long-term Ankle Rehab

It’s important to do rehabilitation at the proper stage of healing. In the previous issue, I gave rehabilitation exercises for an acute ankle injury.

It is vital that you start loading the ligaments and tendons now to build elastic strength and length in the scar tissue. This will get your ankle mobile and able to withstand the

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