Have I broken my ankle or is it just a sprain: Ankle sprain assessment and diagnosis help video

If you sprain your ankle there’s always a chance that you’ve broken it and not just twisted it. This video helps you to work out if it’s broken or not & whether you need an X-ray. So hopefully you can get an idea whether you have broken your ankle or is it just sprained. If it’s sprained then you may need Physiotherapy and we have this available at our clinics in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

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The content in this video is provided for general information purposes only and is not meant to replace a physiotherapy or medical consultation.

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Online Physiotherapy

Put simply this is Physio done via either telephone or video over the internet. Skype and facetime are examples of this.

Contrary to popular belief online physiotherapy can be very effective and it can help the same injuries that face to face physio can help. I have helped many people with injuries such as disc prolapses, tennis elbow, neck pain and much more).