Step into Confidence with the Ankle Playbook!
This workshop gives you practical strategies to assess, diagnose, and manage ankle and foot injuries with confidence. You’ll refine your clinical testing, understand how to stage rehab progressions, and learn how to integrate load management, balance, and kinetic chain considerations into your treatments.
You’ll work through real-world cases — acute lateral sprains, lingering instability, and the athlete pushing to return too soon.
You’ll learn how to assess, load, and progress with clarity instead of guesswork.
Here’s what we’ll cover on the day:
A streamlined ankle assessment framework you can use Monday morning
Differentiate between joint, muscle, ligament, tendon, nerve, and instability
Red flags to be aware of, and how to clear them
Specificity in questions in relation to the athlete’s demands
Giving your client want they want, but also what they need - driving client buy-in and trust
Managing athletes that do too much, and the average joe who doesn’t do enough
Smarter early-stage loading - rest and bands won’t cut it
Building real strength in the lower limb; and the importance of the big toe
Progressing to hopping, cutting, and return-to-sport criteria
We’ll tackle common new grad mistakes — under-dosing load, over-relying on time frames, and clearing without objective testing.
You’ll leave with a clear framework, practical progressions, and the confidence to manage ankle injuries beyond “it’s just a sprain”.