Yes there is! Look into prolotherapy and prp, If your ankle is weak due to ligament damage, this is your answer. I have had to do both for a severe pelvic injury that left me with so much damage in my ligaments that my SI joint would come out daily. But I have had great success, no thanks to the sports clinic that caused this then dumped me after! My dr is amazing and personally i would only see him since he is Hackett Hemwell trained. He also has the best bedside manner. If you want more info let me know and I wil give you my number to send you further details or answer any questions.
Also I would like to add if you have SIJD due to being pregnant or having given birth, then you could also have weakness in the pubic symphysis at the front. The pelvis is a circle and once there is weakness in one place the rest are under tremendous strain and this is when other areas are affected. Joints are supported by ligaments, which attach to muscles. You can have SIJD due to weak glutes. But its more common after childbirth, where the ligaments do no return back to their normal strength and so there is not enough support for the joint and the joint starts to move which causes the irritation. No amount of osteo or chiro will fix this. Do not let anyone aggressively adjust you. You can get temporary releif by purchasing a sacroilliac belt whilst you are still pregnant this will give you some extra releif till you have given birth.
Often sacroilliac joint dysfunction is actually caused by lax ligaments, often after childbirth. I would not get manipulated, as this can cause much more damage. If you have tried physio and after three months it has not worked and you have had an mri/x-ray done on your lower back especially the L4 and L5 ruled out then I suggest you need further treatment. I know alot about this as i have been recovering for 9 months now, after a well known sports clinic made my situation a million times worse by then damaging the supporting ligaments. I could not walk. I could not twist. I could not sit/stand. I could not put my own shoes on. I had to quit my job. I had my life ripped away from me in an instant.
I researched and researched and I have been doing treatment for 9 months now, and i can walk again. My recovery has been life changing. Google. Prolotherapy. I am more than willing to meet up with anyone to discuss my case and the Dr I see here as not just any Dr can do this they need to be correctly trained. I have been through alot this past year and would hate for anyone else to go through what i have gone through. I also want to spread the word that there is a cure! You dont need to live with this awful injury.
<em>edited by MrJeeves on 20/01/2015</em>
