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.
The ankle joint is comprised of 3 joints, that work with one another to allow a wide range of movement such as being able to make a circle with our feet, point them up and down as well as twisting…