Your patient has regained normal strength and range of motion during rehabilitation following a traumatic injury that severely stressed several ligaments and joints of the ankle.He continues to have problems while walking,including stumbling and poor control while walking on gravel or other uneven surfaces.To remedy this problem,your exercise program should focus on:
A) Strengthening exercises for the invertor and evertor muscles of the ankle using elastic resistance.
B) Stretching the invertor and evertor muscles of the ankle.
C) Performing balance training with closed-chain disturbed balance activities on a rocker/balance board.
D) Practicing walking on uneven surfaces while wearing a custom-made ankle/foot orthosis that controls inversion and eversion.
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