Argentinean joy over the Copa América victory is overshadowed by concerns about superstar Lionel Messi. The 37-year-old had to be substituted injured in the final against Colombia after 66 minutes and burst into tears on the bench. Without any action from the enemy, Messi had injured his ankle.
Messi's injury turned out to be a serious one. When the cameras later panned onto his ankle, he looked completely destroyed and severely swollen.
Today, we'll show you in more detail how you can sustainably protect yourself from ankle injuries and what you should do in the “worst case” case scenario.
Long-lasting ankle problems: with this diagnosis, some soccer players have already had to end or scale back their careers.
And as always, when a*e You feel that soccer player has to hang up their shoes involuntarily. All the wonderful moments that sport, soccer and the cabin give you — with one hit on the ankle, they're gone.
Kinglsey Coman's list of injuries as a professional soccer player is long, including at least six (!) documented only on the ankle joint. From capsule injury to outer ligament rupture to syndesmosis ligament injuries with subsequent operation — one more, according to Coman, and he would voluntarily declare his career over.
As speculative as it may be to think about where Coman would now be without these injuries or what he would have achieved, it only shows how serious, chronic and exhausting permanent injuries to the musculoskeletal system ankle joint are.
And when even a professional at the highest level seems to give up, how should the countless amateur athletes worldwide feel, whose path is even more difficult without high-end medicine.
Everyone has this one player on the team: he constantly oscillates between sick leave and playing field; between crutches and a final pass. Statistics show that the risk of sequelae increases with every damage to the ligamentous apparatus at the ankle.
This means that anyone who has ever had to suffer an ankle injury is now more susceptible to it. (Tip: prevention myth tape association in soccer)
This creates a vicious circle from which many soccer players often cannot escape. What is usually missing in this case is adequate neuronal control of the joint. It can also be mentally exhausting.
Incidentally, this does not primarily mean a clean monopod on a wobbly board. This neurocentric approach is basically about starting exactly where movement occurs — in the central nervous system (CNS). With targeted training exercises, movement sequences can be optimized and weak points that are invisible to the eye can be combated.
Comeback training with professional know-how
With the ankle comeback programs, you can benefit from the professional knowledge of our Bundesliga experts and work specifically on your return.
Like the other training programs at injuries This too relies on the “assured diagnostics — professional physiotherapy — comeback” procedure.
This means that only those who have been reliably diagnosed with an injury by a doctor and was/are undergoing physiotherapy treatment by a therapist can fall back on this training option.
After the neural healing phase, mobilizing, strengthening and finally dynamic elements are gradually implemented in the individual units of your daily training routine. In principle, everything a soccer player needs to come back even stronger after an injury break.
The fact that musculoskeletal ankle injuries occur in soccer is probably not “breaking news.” The fact that, according to statistics, it is the most frequently injured joint at 20 percent, is true. Football has changed enormously in the last decade like hardly any other sport.
The days when “the Kaiser” was able to walk from his own sixteen to well into the opposing half without a duel lead, was allowed to play an irresistible backstroke and then comfortably trotted back into his Libero position are definitely over.
Pressing, counterpressing and defending across the entire playing field — the mileage of today's players has exploded. But not only the number of kilometers reeled, the so-called “hard runs” (i.e. the explosive sprints) have also increased enormously. More mileage, significantly more dynamism and significantly harder combat performance — all of this is permanent stress for the ankle joint. When space is poor, the joint has to endure a lot — often too much.
And once it happens and an athlete is faced with a diagnosis of ankle injury, many amateur athletes are faced with another dilemma:
Questions that often remain unanswered for anyone who is not based in the professional or semi-professional sector.
B42 provides a remedy.
No matter what situation you are in:
We support you on the hard way back to the soccer field with professional know-how.
Be fearless. Be focused. B42
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