@aaron_kubaldc: Save this so you can help yourself. This doesn’t have to be hard. Let it calm down for a couple days, then start dipping your toe back in the water. Are you a runner? Rehab should probably involve some running. Does your sport involve a lot of quick changes of direction? Think of ways to gradually ease into that. As long as we have some respect for the fact that tissues do need TIME to heal (not someone’s magic hands) & we are doing things AS TOLERATED that prepare us for the activity we’re returning to… rehab will probably go pretty well. Even though there is some mild tissue damage, it’s okay to poke into pain here. If you’ve ever rehabed a sprained ankle before, you know it’s pretty much impossible to start using that ankle again without poking into pain. We want to respect the fact that those tissues are still healing, but also realize that it’s just very sensitive & not a sign that the sprain is getting worse. There is a balance to it, as long as you’re gradually ramping up you’ll be fine. When you think about it, this is how we rehab lots of stuff. Let things calm down if we need to, reassure that we can have a bit of pain without making it worse, then start workin’ it. Chronic pain can be a bit more complicated… but those same principles still show up a lot. #anklesprain #sprainedankle #anklepain #runner #ankleinjury #runninginjury

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Monday 31 March 2025 18:22:04 GMT