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Common Causes of Ankle Pain

Common Causes of Ankle Pain Ankle pain can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people around the world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, such as injury, overuse, or age-related wear and tear. Fortunately, there are many treatments available to help alleviate the pain and [...]

Sprained Ankle Bruising

Ankle Sprain Bruising Causes and Treatments A common ankle sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament, the tough band of fibrous tissue that connects one bone to another. Ligaments are most often sprained by twisting the ankle joint and foot too far. Ankle Sprain Types & Grades [...]

How To Heal An Old Sprained Ankle That Never Healed

How To Heal An Old Sprained Ankle That Never Healed... Ankle injuries are very common, and when you first get a sprained ankle, you may think the ankle joint will simply heal itself after a few weeks. But, what generally tends to happen is that the ankle injury causes more [...]

What is wrong with ice and a sprained ankle?

What is wrong with ice and a sprained ankle... A lot as it turns out. When you ice a sprained ankle, you are interfering with your body's natural response to an injury. You see, there are three steps that your body will take any time you have an injury [...]

How to Walk Correctly and Naturally

How to Walk Correctly and Naturally... Most people walk like penguins. Their feet point outward and it causes all kinds of problems with the ankles, calves and knees. Just take a look at how people walk. Very few people point their toes straight ahead of them as they walk. [...]

How Long Does a Sprained Ankle Take to Heal

How Long Does it Take to Heal a Sprained Ankle? There are a few simple things you need to know in order to determine how long it will take to heal a sprained ankle. The first and most important thing you need to know is... do you have a fracture [...]

How to Heal a Sprained Ankle Overnight

How to Heal a Sprained Ankle Overnight... Even though sprained ankles are considered a minor injury (in most cases), compared to a knee or low back injury, ankle sprains can still be extremely painful and slow to heal. In fact, studies show that if you plan to use rest and [...]

How to Fix a Rolled Ankle

How To Fix A Rolled Ankle Rolling an ankle is one of the most common injuries in sports. It's called a "rolled" ankle because the ligaments on the outside of your ankle are stretched or torn. It is caused by twisting or turning your foot or ankle too quickly [...]

Symptoms of a Sprained Ankle

The main symptoms of a sprained ankle... A sprain is an injury to the ligaments. It typically involves stretching of the ligaments beyond their normal range of motion, which can lead to small tears in the ligament fibers. This generally causes pain, swelling, bruising and a feeling of instability in [...]

Learn the Language of Pain to Heal Faster and Better

Learn the Language of Pain to Heal Faster and Better Pain is one of the most valuable assets to healing an injury. But, you have to learn the language of pain or it may become your biggest enemy. Learning to understand pain more fully is one of the biggest [...]

Top 3 Reasons NOT to use Ankle Braces

Top 3 Reasons NOT to use Ankle Braces We have found, after many years of helping thousands of people heal their sprained ankles fully and quickly, that ankle braces are not helpful and may actually cause more harm than good. Here's why people end up using them [...]

Top 3 Reasons to do Ankle Rehab

Top 3 Reasons To Do Ankle Rehab Why can't I just use rest and ice?? After a sprained ankle, everyone makes the same mistake... They think to themselves, 'I'll just rest and ice it until it feels better.' But, what if I told you that's actually the worst thing [...]

Why I love Lunges

Why I love Lunges It's All About Functional Movement What is the point of working out if it's not making your life better? Sometimes I ask people why they chose to do an exercise (aka biceps curls - you know who I'm talking about...) and they either have no [...]

Common Causes of Ankle Pain

Common Causes of Ankle Pain Ankle pain can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people around the world. It can be caused by a variety of factors, such as injury, overuse, or age-related [...]

Sprained Ankle Bruising

Ankle Sprain Bruising Causes and Treatments A common ankle sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament, the tough band of fibrous tissue that connects one bone to another. Ligaments are most often [...]

How to Walk Correctly and Naturally

How to Walk Correctly and Naturally... Most people walk like penguins. Their feet point outward and it causes all kinds of problems with the ankles, calves and knees. Just take a look at how [...]

How to Heal a Sprained Ankle Overnight

How to Heal a Sprained Ankle Overnight... Even though sprained ankles are considered a minor injury (in most cases), compared to a knee or low back injury, ankle sprains can still be extremely painful and [...]

How to Fix a Rolled Ankle

How To Fix A Rolled Ankle Rolling an ankle is one of the most common injuries in sports. It's called a "rolled" ankle because the ligaments on the outside of your ankle are stretched [...]

Symptoms of a Sprained Ankle

The main symptoms of a sprained ankle... A sprain is an injury to the ligaments. It typically involves stretching of the ligaments beyond their normal range of motion, which can lead to small tears in [...]

Top 3 Reasons NOT to use Ankle Braces

Top 3 Reasons NOT to use Ankle Braces We have found, after many years of helping thousands of people heal their sprained ankles fully and quickly, that ankle braces are not helpful [...]

Top 3 Reasons to do Ankle Rehab

Top 3 Reasons To Do Ankle Rehab Why can't I just use rest and ice?? After a sprained ankle, everyone makes the same mistake... They think to themselves, 'I'll just rest and ice it [...]

Why I love Lunges

Why I love Lunges It's All About Functional Movement What is the point of working out if it's not making your life better? Sometimes I ask people why they chose to do an exercise [...]

How to Heal Torn Ankle Tendons

How To Heal Torn Ankle Tendons Here's a quick overview of how the ankle works... There are 3 bones: the tibia, fibula and talus. These bones are held together by ligaments, which are are [...]

A Sprained Ankle – The Facts

A Sprained Ankle - The Facts What Are Sprained Ankles? A sprained ankle is the most common sports related injury. There are over 25,000 sprained ankles a day. Why do they happen so often? Unfortunately, [...]