T he Footballers Guide to Ankle Injuries

Ankle injuries are something we will all suffer at some point in our footballing journeys; ranging from the very mild twisted ankle, or "ankle roll", all the way to torn ankle ligaments, tendons and broken bones. In this article we will start by looking at what causes an injury to occur, then more dive into the specifics of the ankle and how we can begin to bulletproof our own! We should begin by saying we are concentrating on non-contact injuries here, there really is little you can do to prevent a contact injury. Non-contact injury is essentially when the particular structure in your body runs out of capacity to cope with what is being asked to do.