The soft tissue structures of the ankle are likely to become strained or torn can be caused by jumping in sports such as rugby and football. From a wide range of reasons such as, overtraining playing a sporting activity. Another risk factor is doing a new activity, this is due to putting your body through a new type of stress that the body is not used increases the likelihood of straining a muscle, such as starting a new sport or at the start of training if the athlete has not completed a proper warm up followed by dynamic stretches.

Signs and Symptoms

• Pain around the ankle
• Muscle spasms
• Pain increases when moving
• Sharp type of pain
• Stiffness around the thigh
• weakness