How long after an ankle sprain does a physical examination of the injury provide the most accuracy of diagnosis?

When you sprain your ankle it makes sense to get it assessed quickly to understand the diagnosis but how long after an ankle sprain does a physical examination of the injury provide the most accuracy for diagnosis? Should you assess it straight away or wait a few days?

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  • D’Hooghe, P., F. Cruz, and K. Alkhelaifi. “Return to Play After a Lateral Ligament Ankle Sprain.” Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine 13.3 (2020): 281.

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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).