ANKLE INJURY CONCLUSION

The current paper has outlined how rehabilitation principles may be applied in two different sporting contexts. Detailed assessment and planning of rehabilitation can help ensure that it is carried out in a systematic, progressive, functional, safe, challenging, sport-specific and effective manner. It should be recognised that rather than being fixed and prescriptive, rehabilitation is a dynamic process that integrates and modifies a wide range of inter- ventions in response to the clinical presentation, stage of healing and sport of the athlete. Care must be taken to ensure that rehabilitation is not progressed beyond the capacity of the injured tissues while simultaneously applying appropriate progressive overload to stimulate recovery in as short a time as possible.

THE AUTHOR

Phil Glasgow is head physiotherapist at the Sports Institute Northern Ireland. A graduate of the University of Ulster, his doctoral studies investigated factors influencing exercise induced muscle damage and its management. As a keen clinician, he has worked within high performance sport for a number of years managing elite athletes from across a wide range of disciplines including rugby union, hockey, athletics and gaelic football. He is particularly interested in the field of functional rehabilitation and in the development of robust clinical assessments for sports specific skills. His other research interests have included the effect of exercise and manipulation on back pain, the management of tennis elbow, and the relationship between muscle function and the performance of sport specific skills.

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