The Zenith Journal

This article gets a bit technical. I highlighted the key points below to make it easier for the average person, with some more technical points for those who care afterward. The Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) recently released it’s new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for lateral ankle sprains (by far the most common type of ankle sprain-for the rest of this I’ll just refer to them as ankle sprains to type more and use one less acronym). A CPG is

Soccer is the most popular team sport in the world, with hundreds of millions of players worldwide. Participation has continued to rise in the past few decades with the increase of organized sports leagues and normalization of female athletics. It is an unfortunate consequence that participation in sports leads to increased risk of injury. A further consequence is that injury often leads to costs. With an estimated cost of tens of billions of dollars worldwide, annually.