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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Judging by your comments, you are well out of your league on this one.
If he has legitimate instability, then by definition this is not just some "sprain", and you would be very wise to seek a surgical opinion before you do even more damage.
Physiotherapists may have better clinical acumen than the average GP who doesn't routinely do sports injuries, but they really don't know what they don't know.
Also, most sports chiropractors are a joke. Talk to any Orthopedic surgeon and you will hear a barrage of horror stories.
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I'll agree there are a lot of bad ones out there, but a good physio is your best bet for anything musculoskeletal.
I understand the sentiment, but 1) nothing in his history gives ANY hint at a true instability ie (most commonly) an ATFL or calcaneal fibular ligament rupture and 2) they will rarely, if ever, perform the brostrom procedure unless you're a teenage gymnast (repair for lateral ligament rupture as mentioned). In fact, "giving way" is more often a symptom of an inflamed talocrural joint as there is a neuromuscular inhibition of sorts that occurs, but again he doesn't really have a history that suggests that.
Regardless, impossible to say without assessing.