ankle ligament tear
Soooo I tore my Superior and Inferior Fibular Retinacula. I got into one PT session, but my insurance doesn't cover PT so I went in out of pocket to get some ideas.
I figured I would come to you fine folk here and see if there is any additional advice I might need.
I'm using a resistance band to flex my ankle in four directions, 10 reps, 4 sets. I've also started riding my bike to and from work instead of skateboarding...in addition I'm taking opportunities to stand on that one leg when I can...brushing teeth, shaving, putting on shoes, etc.
I feel like I should be able to facilitate my own recovery all right going forward like this. I initially injured the ankle coming out of a jump. I was fatigued at the time and just kept pushing stupidly and came down, ankle roled hard to the inside, popped, yada yada. Made sure nothing was broken, finished training with adjustments, went home. woke up to massive swelling and throbbing pain.
Soaked, wrapped, acupuncture the next day, with some follow ups a couple times after.
fast forward two weeks, like a super genius i started skating again. was busy looking at a pretty girl, hit a pine cone, went flying, reflexes caused me to catch myself on bad ankle, rolled it again, went down and took a concusion.
I went to see a podiatrist for diagnosis of my ankle. My primary concern is that he told me with an injury like mine (and i cannot remember the technical terms) there is a risk during rehabilitation that the nerves that send the messages to the brain to let the ankle make proper adjustments for balance, etc. can be damaged and if proper care is not taken, these pathways may not make a recover and can cause the injury to happen again more easily.
Over the years I have rolled my ankles several times, however it's never been to this degree. I'm sure age has an influencing factor.
I know there are some pretty knowledgable people here who may be able to let me know if there are any additional steps I should take to help myself make as complete a recovery as possible.
I've taken a bit of time off from training at the school, but will be starting training again next week, now that my ankle can support my weight, and has a bit of mobility again. I plan to buy an ankle brace to wear while I train.
Any additional advice would be welcome.
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