Lateral Ankle Injury

The ankle is one of the most common joints to be injured in an individual, especially those who engage in activities that require a lot of pressure around the lower extremity of the body, such as football, soccer, tennis or athletics. Most ankle injuries, such as sprains, respond more favorably to treatments that are non-surgical, such as those given by doctors of Chiropractic and physiotherapists. There have been a number of `journal articles, case study reports and clinical trials, that have attempted to prove the use of chiropractic practice in the diagnosis and management of different body parts, the focus of this assignment will be on the ankle, because, as was mentioned earlier, it is most likely one of the most likely occurring injury
It can be explained in a few different points. The first point is that, radiographic imaging techniques can be used to rule out any possibility of of complete ligament tears, or fractures. For example, a case study that was published in the Journal of Chiropractic medicine (Battaglia, Craig & Kettner, 2015) highlighted the role of using an Ultrasonography (US) in the assessment of the lateral ankle ligament injury, its instability and anterior Ankle impingement. Using the case of a 28 year old male athlete who suffered from a history of an inversion injury to the left ankle. Using US, it was demonstrated suffered from a full thickness tear to the ligament of his left ankle, a partial thickness tearing of the calcaneofibular ligament on the laxity of the ankle. This case report held by Battaglia, Craig & Kettner demonstrated and exemplified the value and utility of using an Ultrasonography in the diagnosis derangement in the ligamentous, tendinous, articular and osseous injuries of the ankle. Also, considering that the images showed that the 28 year old male and a full tear to the ligament, it would in turn help with the treatment, as the treatment of a Chiropractic is depending on the severity of the injury, and whether it needs to be viewed by an orthopeadic, go through full rehabilitation or go through professional Chiropractic manual
(Gillman, 2004). Although if an individual is looking for a normal quick healing treatment, it can be done through a simple chiropractic technique of manipulation of the subluxated talus bones. Although, if there is a fracture, then the chiropractic treatments would be irrelevant, which is the only negative about the treatment of chiropractic for ankle injury. Depending on how severe the pain and/or injury is, chiropractic treatment can be very effective in the treatment and prevention of ankle pain. Some of these techniques can also be applied at home by the patients themselves, like drawing the letters of the alphabet with the big toe, or using a wobble board for stabilization