Ligament injuries of the ankle joint

Bruising in front of the outer ankle, swelling, painful restriction of movement. In chronic sprains, often little swelling but a feeling of instability.

Ankle distortions (sprains) of the upper ankle joint. Here, too, we differentiate between a genetic disposition (congenital ligament weakness) with excessive mobility (laxity or hypermobility) of all joints and traumatic causes.

Conservative treatment with tape bandages, ankle orthoses and physiotherapy is almost always used for initial injuries. In the case of chronic ankle instability with very frequent sprains and the corresponding level of suffering, surgical ligament replacement surgery on the ankle joint ( Watson Jones plastic surgery) leads to extremely reliable success.