Is Your Ankle Mobility Increasing Your Risk for Knee Injury

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💻💻💻Full blog https://chrisbutlersportspt.com/ • When an athlete lacks dorsiflexion range of motion, often times compensations begin to manifest such as excessive pronation or “fallen arch”, hip external rotation or “out-toeing” during walking, or lack of knee flexion with landing, all of which can increase the valgus forces on the knee and decrease shock absorption which can place a person more at risk for ACL injury, meniscus injury, or collateral ligament strains. • 📚📚📚 • In a systematic review by Mason-McKay et. al, strong evidence was found that a restriction in DF ROM alters landing mechanics with specific studies reporting that altered frontal plane ankle motion (inversion and eversion), reduced sagittal knee excursion, and greater peak knee valgus were all associated with reduced DF range of motion.

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