If someone is prone to ankle injuries would a shoe with minimal cushioning like a Walsh be best suited?
or does it not matter?
If someone is prone to ankle injuries would a shoe with minimal cushioning like a Walsh be best suited?
or does it not matter?
A wobble board would probably help.
yeah just found one at sports direct £6.99
I'm guessing it will do exactly the same as the £25 ones?
1) Strengthen your ankles e.g. wobbleboard as suggested.
2) If you regularly go over on your ankle, get someone to show you how to tape your ankles using the 'stirrup' method. Basically, tape under your foot and about 9" up either side of your leg. The trick is to tension the side that you go over on, but this is best demonstrated; too difficult to write down.
Still no substitute for strengthening, although it can reduce the agony of turning an ankle at speed.
Bargain! Helped me loads.Originally Posted by SEFTON
Wobble boards are difficult to use, you'd probably be better off starting with BOSU ball but they are pricey. I'm pretty good on a BOSU but i can't get along with wobble boards and you'll probably get bored of not being able to balance before you develop the technique.
that’s made me determined now(or was it supposed too)?
Erm.. practice makes perfect. Good after a run while i'm having a drink in the kitchen (wood floor). Hold on to a work top at first. As with running, gradually increase.
True, it's just all the wobble boards i've used have been infuriating, plus you can do dips or squats and go one-legged etc on BOSUs. They're very versatile i use the one at the gym to do a multitude of shoulder raises on which is 3 uses in one go if you count lower back stabilisation.
I think you need a low shoe like walsh pb or inov8 talons to reduce the risk of going over, then build up the amount of time offroad to strengthen your ankles.
Wobble boards and tape are for coming back from an ankle injury
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