Conservative Approach to Treating American Football Players With Medial Collateral Ligament Grade 2 Sprain During the Season.

Context: The medial collateral ligament is the most commonly injured ligament in the knee. The high-speed pivoting and agility movements that are common in the sport of American Football put participants at an increased risk for a valgus force stress from contact or noncontact injuries. Positional release therapy (PRT) also considered strain/counterstrain focuses on releasing the tension in a tissue through unloading the involved body part.

Use of the Mulligan concept in the treatment of lateral ankle sprains in the active population: an exploratory prospective case series.

Introduction: Patients classified with ankle sprains are commonly treated with a multimode intervention approach. Currently, protection and tissue healing are the most accepted forms of care for these patients.

Case Presentation: Six patients (4 male, 2 female) 20.