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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 [...]
A Sprained Ankle – Causes, Symptoms, Types, Grades and Treatments
A Sprained Ankle Causes, Symptoms, Types, Grades and Treatments A sprained ankle is a common injury that can happen to anyone. And, sprained ankles are VERY common. Recent statistics say that there are up to 25,000 ankle sprains a day and they are the #1 sports related injury. We [...]
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 [...]
What to do if you can’t walk on your injured or sprained ankle
What are the symptoms of sprained ankle? An ankle sprain is an injury to the ligaments connecting the tibia and fibula bones of your ankle. These ligaments are what hold your foot in place when you walk, run, or jump. When the ligaments are stretched, torn, or broken, they [...]
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 [...]
A Sprained Ankle – Causes, Symptoms, Types, Grades and Treatments
A Sprained Ankle Causes, Symptoms, Types, Grades and Treatments A sprained ankle is a common injury that can happen to anyone. And, sprained ankles are VERY common. Recent statistics say that there are up [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
What to do if you can’t walk on your injured or sprained ankle
What are the symptoms of sprained ankle? An ankle sprain is an injury to the ligaments connecting the tibia and fibula bones of your ankle. These ligaments are what hold your foot in place [...]
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 [...]
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 get back in shape AFTER Coronavirus
How To Get Back In Shape AFTER Coronavirus It's Been An Awful Year It felt like everything went wrong in the last year... COVID shook us to our core and made us rethink almost [...]
The #1 Reason you have to Rehab your Ankle Sprain
The #1 Reason You Have To Rehab Your Ankle Sprain The #1 Reason You Have To Rehab Your Ankle Sprain An ankle sprain is the #1 most [...]
How to Stay in Shape & Sane During Coronavirus
How To Stay In Shape & Sane During Coronavirus We are in new, uncharted waters... experts say we will have to practice social distancing for a long time. It could be at least 18 [...]
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, [...]