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THE BIG QUESTION
I’ve sprained my ankle. How do I ease myself back into sport?
Answer Ugh, frustrating, but well done for being cautious. “It’s best to stay patient to allow a full recovery,” says PT Bradley Simmonds. “That’s six to eight weeks’ healing time,” advises specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist Charlotte Pilgrim. Basically, you’ve overstretched your ligament – the structures that connect bone to bone. “You need to rebuild strength in the muscles around the ligament,” she explains. During that recovery time,
