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You get stability from more than one thing. The idea is that if the muscles around the joint are stronger, they stabilize it better. You also will improve proprioception, which is the ability to know the position of your foot relative to your leg. On the end of the leg, obviously, but is the heel inverted or everted, ankle plantarflexed or not, that sort of thing. Ligaments help with that, but being gone, not so much. Walking in the pool is a low/no impact way to get the activity without the weight bearing.
There are some good braces out there, she should probably be wearing one of those, or taping it to protect it from reinjury, maybe even that in conjunction with a boot or support in the shoe.
Squirting some platelet derived growth factor in there sounds cool, but it seems a waste if the instability is not addressed first. How is she getting around? There is a scooter that your knee rests on that is pretty handy.
How far from Las Cruces are you?
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