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Physical therapy involved up to seven 30-minute sessions. Six months after their ankle sprain, rates of excellent recovery were similar: 57 percent of patients in the physical therapy group and 62 percent of those in the usual care group, the study found. Still, another expert involved in the care of ankle sprains agreed with Lazarev that physical therapy can have a role to play.
In most studies of ankle sprains, for example, the function and pain of the injured joint are similar at 6 weeksâ follow-up, regardless of whether treatment consisted of ad lib walking, a simple elastic bandage, a posterior splint, or a formal cast. 5,6 A systematic review of 22 clinical trials comparing various treatments of acute lateral ankle sprains (cast, splint, or early mobilization with support) found no favorable effect of immobilization. 7 The current data support functional ...