Patients often report feeling pain throughout the ankle joint’s full range of motion, from dorsiflexion (pointing up) to plantar flexion (pointing down). This is typically experienced as patients go up and down stairs. Patients who experience chronic anterior (front) ankle pain may have “athlete’s ankle”, especially if they play sports placing stress on the ankle like ballet, football, running and soccer. In other cases, ankle scopes are also done for patients who fractured or sprained their ankles. Some may also need surgery if physical therapy and/or steroid injections were not successful in treating pain and mobility.