Everyone awaited the return of Derrick Rose with their breath held. He was one of the biggest stars of the NBA and an entire franchise (Chicago Bulls) needed him to elevate themselves to championship contenders. Yet, after just a few games, Derrick rose injured his other knee and is out, once again, for an entire season. What happened? Is it just bad luck, bad knees or something else? Well, I want to suggest something that no one is talking about… Derrick Rose hurt his knees because of weak, unstable and inflexible ankles.
Check this out… Before Derrick tore his left ACL in the playoffs a few years ago, he suffered a very bad sprained ankle. In fact, it was so bad that many suggested he should not play, but since it was the playoffs, he taped up his ankle as tight as possible and played. And that game, he tore his ACL in the left knee and was out the entire next season.
Now, here is why I believe the ankle sprain caused his first knee injury. Your ankle is a mobile joint. Go ahead and check it out for yourself. Look down at your ankle and see how well you can move it around in all directions. Now, try that with the knee… You can’t, right? Well, that’s because the knee is NOT supposed to move at all. It is called a stable joint and only allows a few degrees of motion before it tears. But, if you tape up the ankle, like Derrick Rose did, and then go out and play sports, you are forcing the knee to move much further than it is supposed to move.
Remember, you are making the ankle immobile with all that tape. So, your body is going to follow your lead and if you move, the next joint up the chain will try to move and you DO NOT want that in the knee. In other words, if you cage up the ankle and it cannot move naturally, you are forcing the knee to move more than a few degrees, and it can easily tear. Make sense?
Fast forward to the 2013-2014 season. Derrick Rose finally comes back from his injury and starts playing again. He suffers another ankle sprain and once again he vows not to miss the next game. So, he immobilizes the ankle again and goes and plays and guess what? He immediately hurts the right knee in the next game and is once again, out for the season! Is it possible that it is just a coincidence?
Once, you understand the way mobile and stable joints work, you can see that Derrick Rose was playing Russian Roulette with his knees and lost both times.
So, what is the lesson? First of all, when you sprain an ankle, take your time and let it heal properly with a high quality sprained ankle treatment. Don’t try to cover up the injury with a brace, tape or a wrap. That will significantly increase your risk of a serious knee injury, like an ACL or MCL tear as we saw with Derrick Rose.
Second, when you rehab your ankle, make sure you get back to 100% in terms of stability, strength and range of motion. Ideally, after some solid ankle rehab, you should be even better off than before, since most people ignore their ankles. That way, not only will you perform better, but your ankle will be at a decreased risk of another sprain and you will NOT need tape or a brace, which will decrease the risk of a knee injury.
And let’s not forget the other big issue with ignoring a sprain… you will continue to have weak ankles, which means lowered athletic performance (speed, agility, balance, etc.). Please, remember that a sprained ankle is NOT a minor injury. It is fortunate that you can deal with it quickly, but that does NOT mean it should be trivialized or ignored. Take the time to heal it up right or more serious injuries are right around the corner.
And Derrick, if you’re out there, take care of those ankles, because they help protect your knees. Hope you heal up quick so you can get back out there and dominate once again!
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So, Why Rehab?
Most people think rest and ice will heal their ankle (even a severe sprain), but they end up with chronic ankle instability… 30% still have pain one year later!
And that causes all kinds of muscle imbalances in the body, which can lead more serious injuries, repeated ankle sprains and chronic ankle pain. It’s a terrible domino effect that can last for life.
That’s Where Rehab Comes In.
A great rehab program significantly improves how a sprained ankle heals. It eliminates pain fast and ensures your ankles are strong and stable with healthy range of motion, which helps prevent future sprains.
Rehab Is The Key To
Healing Ankle Injuries Fast
Recent studies have shown that rehab heals ankle ligaments safely and effectively. It’s the difference between the people that don’t heal a sprained ankle and the ones that do!
Injured Ankle
Without Rehab
Injured Ankle
With Rehab
HEM Ankle Rehab “Rehabs” Your Ankle
HEM is a complete ankle rehab and prehab program for the entire ankle, foot and calf complex. This is a very thorough program that contains so much more than anything else you can find online, but it’s still easy to do.
Scott will coach you through every step, as if you are with him, one on one. Just follow along with the videos to rebuild your ankle from the ground up.
You can expect pain free mobility and strong, stable ankles that are protected from an ankle sprain, without ankle braces!
REAL PEOPLE, REAL RESULTS
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Casey Moriarty, Owner, The Runner's Resource ,| -
Steven Kornfeld, CPT, PES, CES, FMS ,| -
Greg Shaible, DPT, Licensed Physical Therapist ,| -
Wayne Slappy, S.H.O.T.T.S. Basketball Academy ,|
From Scott Malin, NASM-CPT, CES
Creator, HEM Ankle Rehab
August 28, 2025
Fifteen years ago, I had to give up what I love doing most… playing basketball. I sprained my ankles so many times that I could no longer play. It was devastating.
Like you, I used R.I.C.E. (rest, ice elevation, compression), but my ankles healed so slowly and badly, they eventually got so weak, I would sprain them just walking down the street!
Being a fitness trainer, the only thing I had going for me was a fascination with helping people get out of pain and strengthening their bodies.
So, I decided to research all the cutting edge techniques to heal an ankle sprain much faster and better than R.I.C.E.
After months of research, I discovered that icing an injury can have a negative affect on the body’s healing process. Studies show that ice can actually slow down healing and too much rest left the ankles weak and unstable. This was shocking, but only part of the story…
New research was suggesting a much more proactive approach to healing that involved much better rehab techniques proven to dramatically speed up the speed and quality of the healing process.
Instead of months, healing took only days. And, if you had a chronically weak ankle that was in pain, these techniques would quickly strengthen and stabilize the ankles.
I kept improving on these techniques, drawing from many different disciplines and simplified them.
Eventually, after many more months of trial and error, I created a simple at-home healing system with very reliable results.
Since I was a fitness trainer, I was able to help all my clients (celebrities and athletes) whenever they got injured. I was even on the news a few times.
The response from my clients and friends was so overwhelming that a few of them eventually convinced me to share it with everyone.
Today, I am humbled that over 100,000 people have healed fully and fast with my program.
So, if you have any kind of ankle injury (new or old), just follow along with me in the videos and I’ll show you exactly what to do until you are completely pain free.
My message is simple… you do not have to give up what you love. And you do not have to live with chronic pain from old injuries. Life is too short and there is a better way!
I truly hope you will start using my program so you can get your life back and do what you love, pain free (and yes, I still play basketball every week and LOVE it!)
Thank you!
Scott
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So, Why Rehab?
Most people think rest and ice will heal their ankle (even a severe sprain), but they end up with chronic ankle instability… 30% still have pain one year later!
And that causes all kinds of muscle imbalances in the body, which can lead more serious injuries, repeated ankle sprains and chronic ankle pain. It’s a terrible domino effect that can last for life.
That’s Where Rehab Comes In.
A great rehab program significantly improves how a sprained ankle heals. It eliminates pain fast and ensures your ankles are strong and stable with healthy range of motion, which helps prevent future sprains.
Rehab Is The Key To
Healing Ankle Injuries Fast
Recent studies have shown that rehab heals ankle ligaments safely and effectively. It’s the difference between the people that don’t heal a sprained ankle and the ones that do!
Injured Ankle
Without Rehab
Injured Ankle
With Rehab
HEM Ankle Rehab
“Rehabs” Your Ankle
HEM is a complete ankle rehab and prehab program for the entire ankle, foot and calf complex. This is a very thorough program that contains so much more than anything else you can find online, but it’s still easy to do.
Scott will coach you through every step, as if you are with him, one on one. Just follow along with the videos to rebuild your ankle from the ground up.
You can expect pain free mobility and strong, stable ankles that are protected from an ankle sprain, without ankle braces!
100,000 PEOPLE HEALED-
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-
Wayne Slappy,
S.H.O.T.T.S. Basketball Academy
,
|
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Steven Kornfeld,
CPT, PES, CES, FMS
,
|
-
-
-
-
Greg Shaible, DPT,
Licensed Physical Therapist
,
|
-
Casey Moriarty,
Owner, The Runner's Resource
,
|
-
-
Wayne Slappy, S.H.O.T.T.S. Basketball Academy ,|
-
Steven Kornfeld, CPT, PES, CES, FMS ,|
-
Greg Shaible, DPT, Licensed Physical Therapist ,|
-
Casey Moriarty, Owner, The Runner's Resource ,|
From Scott Malin, NASM-CPT, CES
Creator, HEM Ankle Rehab
August 28, 2025
Fifteen years ago, I had to give up what I love doing most… playing basketball. I sprained my ankles so many times that I could no longer play. It was devastating.
Like you, I used R.I.C.E. (rest, ice elevation, compression), but my ankles healed so slowly and badly, they eventually got so weak, I would sprain them just walking down the street!
Being a fitness trainer, the only thing I had going for me was a fascination with helping people get out of pain and strengthening their bodies.
So, I decided to research all the cutting edge techniques to heal an ankle sprain much faster and better than R.I.C.E.
After months of research, I discovered that icing an injury can have a negative affect on the body’s healing process. Studies show that ice can actually slow down healing and too much rest left the ankles weak and unstable. This was shocking, but only part of the story…
New research was suggesting a much more proactive approach to healing that involved much better rehab techniques proven to dramatically speed up the speed and quality of the healing process.
Instead of months, healing took only days. And, if you had a chronically weak ankle that was in pain, these techniques would quickly strengthen and stabilize the ankles.
I kept improving on these techniques, drawing from many different disciplines and simplified them.
Eventually, after many more months of trial and error, I created a simple at-home healing system with very reliable results.
Since I was a fitness trainer, I was able to help all my clients (celebrities and athletes) whenever they got injured. I was even on the news a few times.
The response from my clients and friends was so overwhelming that a few of them eventually convinced me to share it with everyone.
Today, I am humbled that over 100,000 people have healed fully and fast with my program.
So, if you have any kind of ankle injury (new or old), just follow along with me in the videos and I’ll show you exactly what to do until you are completely pain free.
My message is simple… you do not have to give up what you love. And you do not have to live with chronic pain from old injuries. Life is too short and there is a better way!
I truly hope you will start using my program so you can get your life back and do what you love, pain free (and yes, I still play basketball every week and LOVE it!)
Thank you!
Scott
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