<p>An internet and library literature search was undertaken to discover current best practice in ankle sprain management. A Medline search was undertaken for the terms ‘ankle injury’, ‘ankle sprain’ and ‘ankle research’ using the Ovid interface. Databases after 1990 were used and further articles were found as a result of these initial searches. Further information was discovered on the emergency medicine web site, www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/acad-ae-med/, which had links to other sites.</p>