Ankle Injury Prevention

karategirl11 · Mar-01-06, 02:26 PM

ok...joints (ankle) cannot be strengthened. build muscle on your calves and try increasing the flexibility of your ankles. Do ankle circles and "draw" the letters of the alphabet with your foot (using ankle, foot and part of calf movement.) Place your foot against a wall and twist it outward. That's all I got.

torsk · Mar-01-06, 02:29 PM

Stand on one leg, arms tucked to your chest or whatever and close your eyes. Might help. Better balance anyway, and balancing uses muscles so.. I should just fuck off back to studying..

SolidD33 · Mar-01-06, 02:49 PM

Proprioception exercises along with strong calves and stretching can greatly increase your ankles strength/stability.

Teufel · Mar-01-06, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolidD33

Proprioception exercises along with strong calves and stretching can greatly increase your ankles strength/stability.

Could you elaborate for me, please? Thanks

SolidD33 · Mar-01-06, 04:10 PM

Here is a brief article on proprioception.

1. Stretching- more flexibility leads to more strength through a greater range of motion.(when combined with strength training)
2. Lower Leg strength- the stronger the muscles and tendons surrounding a joint are, the stronger the joint is.
3. Proprioception- your nerves in the trained area of your body become super aware/faster and can move more quickly to get your joint out of a compromised position.
4. Plyometrics- explosive movements performed with little or no extra weight, to develop fast twitch fibers within the muscle.(most commonly heard of when training jumping ability) This can lead to extremely strong joints/muscles.

If you're regularily doing all of these, you should be more than fine.
Oh and no special equipment should needed. Any of it can be improvised or fashioned out of other things.

Drex · Mar-01-06, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolidD33

Here is a brief article on proprioception.

1. Stretching- more flexibility leads to more strength through a greater range of motion.(when combined with strength training)
2. Lower Leg strength- the stronger the muscles and tendons surrounding a joint are, the stronger the joint is.
3. Proprioception- your nerves in the trained area of your body become super aware/faster and can move more quickly to get your joint out of a compromised position.
4. Plyometrics- explosive movements performed with little or no extra weight, to develop fast twitch fibers within the muscle.(most commonly heard of when training jumping ability) This can lead to extremely strong joints/muscles.

If you're regularily doing all of these, you should be more than fine.
Oh and no special equipment should needed. Any of it can be improvised or fashioned out of other things.

Yup. Just make sure to have a solid weight training foundation before getting in to plyometrics. It's generally recommended that you be able to squat at least 1.5x your body weight before doing plyos.

commandarcool · Apr-06-06, 08:07 PM

http://skateboard-city.com/messagebo...ad.php?t=39395

i made this thread on a skateboard forum

Drex · Apr-07-06, 06:30 AM

Why do I not remember ever posting on this thread...?

Mar-01-06, 02:19 PM	#1
Teufel Member User status: Offline Posts: 295 Age: 19	Ankle Injury Prevention //// Last edited by Teufel; Aug-06-08 at 05:20 PM..

Mar-01-06, 02:26 PM	#2
karategirl11 Member User status: Offline Location: Union, New Jersey Posts: 358 Age: 18	ok...joints (ankle) cannot be strengthened. build muscle on your calves and try increasing the flexibility of your ankles. Do ankle circles and "draw" the letters of the alphabet with your foot (using ankle, foot and part of calf movement.) Place your foot against a wall and twist it outward. That's all I got.

Mar-01-06, 02:29 PM	#3
torsk poo! User status: Offline Location: back in oslo Posts: 314 Age: 23	Stand on one leg, arms tucked to your chest or whatever and close your eyes. Might help. Better balance anyway, and balancing uses muscles so.. I should just fuck off back to studying..

Mar-01-06, 02:49 PM	#4
SolidD33 Tolerance User status: Offline Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 133 Age: 23	Proprioception exercises along with strong calves and stretching can greatly increase your ankles strength/stability.

Mar-01-06, 04:10 PM	#6
SolidD33 Tolerance User status: Offline Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 133 Age: 23	Here is a brief article on proprioception. 1. Stretching- more flexibility leads to more strength through a greater range of motion.(when combined with strength training) 2. Lower Leg strength- the stronger the muscles and tendons surrounding a joint are, the stronger the joint is. 3. Proprioception- your nerves in the trained area of your body become super aware/faster and can move more quickly to get your joint out of a compromised position. 4. Plyometrics- explosive movements performed with little or no extra weight, to develop fast twitch fibers within the muscle.(most commonly heard of when training jumping ability) This can lead to extremely strong joints/muscles. If you're regularily doing all of these, you should be more than fine. Oh and no special equipment should needed. Any of it can be improvised or fashioned out of other things.

Apr-06-06, 08:07 PM	#8
commandarcool Magic bystander User status: Offline Posts: 5	http://skateboard-city.com/messagebo...ad.php?t=39395 i made this thread on a skateboard forum

Apr-07-06, 06:30 AM	#9
Drex Extremist User status: Offline Location: Toronto Posts: 467 Age: 21	Why do I not remember ever posting on this thread...?