Body region
Lateral ankle sprain, post-injury proprioception, and return-to-sport criteria for the ankle.
The ankle carries your full body weight and helps you balance on uneven ground, which is why sprains are one of the most common injuries of all. A rolled ankle can stretch or tear the ligaments on the outer side, causing pain, swelling, and a wobbly, unstable feeling.
Physiotherapy helps you recover fully, not just settling the swelling but restoring strength, balance, and confidence to lower the risk of repeat sprains. In this section you'll find evidence-based assessment, rehabilitation, and return-to-sport guidance for ankle sprains and related problems, with clear reasoning for clinicians and practical exercises patients can follow at home.
Badminton is played almost entirely in the lunge, the jump and the recovery step. That produces a lower-limb-dominant injury pattern, split between acute trauma and tendon overload, and the two need different clinical approaches.
Learn the presentation and assessment of mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy, sets out a heavy-slow-resistance loading protocol, compares it with eccentric training, and notes how insertional disease alters the approach.
Learn how to use the Ottawa Ankle Rules to screen for fracture, how to assess the injury, what the evidence recommends for treatment, and how to structure a criteria-based return to sport.
