Ankle pains are typically due to injuries that arise when the foot twists beyond its normal range of mobility, causing the ligaments and joints of the ankle to tear.

What Is Ankle Pain?

The ligaments on the outer lateral part of the ankle are the sides that are usually injured. The ligaments on the inner medial part of the ankle, or above the bone of the ankle, can also be injured, but are seldom hurt. Typically after you injure or hurt your ankle, you may experience:

• swollen ankles
• inability to step or stand on the affected foot
• throbbing pain
• muscle tightness
• numbness on the affected foot
• unstable ankle joints

What Are The Benefits Of Physical Therapy?

A professional physical therapist will work with you to:

Alleviate Swelling

You will discover how to prevent or change your daily physical activities to allow healing to start. Your physical therapist will apply different treatment techniques and equipment to manage and reduce your pain and swelling, including manual therapy, such as personalized massage.

Improve Strength

Ankle pains may be associated with numb, injured, or strained leg muscles. Specific exercises will help to heal at each stage of treatment. Your physical therapist will decide and teach you the appropriate exercises and equipment to use in order to accurately and safely restore your strength.

Boost Endurance

Restoring your muscular endurance in the ankle is essential immediately after an injury. Your physical therapist will teach you exercises and stretching to boost your endurance, so you can go back to your regular activities.

Increase Flexibility

Your physical therapist will identify if any foot or ankle muscles are tight, start to stretch them, and orient you how to stretch them.

Refine Balance

Getting back your sense of balance is also critical after an injury. Your physical therapist will provide you the appropriate exercises to improve your balance ability.

Restore Agility

The coordination and speed of your leg movement is essential in sports and even in several daily activities. Your physical therapist will help you refine these skills in preparation for sporting events and to your daily tasks.

Enhance Motion

Your physical therapist will identify particular exercises and treatments to help regain normal mobility in the ankle. These might start with passive movements that the physical therapist conducts for you to gradually move your ankle and foot, and assist you with the active exercises and stretching that you can do yourself.

Physical therapy provides strengthening and stretching exercises to treat your ankle pains. These treatment plans will be specific to your needs. If you do them as recommended by your physical therapist, it can help speed your recovery. Contact Ankle Pain Therapy North Hollywood today to start your treatment program. We are also open to Ankle Pain Therapy Studio City.