Early this year I rolled my left ankle while on a run. I only recently went to see a physio who helped make it to become more flexible. But the muscles around it are still very weak. He told me I have flat feet too! which could explain why I have trouble balancing after lunging to both front corners at times. I have read the flat-foot thread and I'm still not sure if I have flat feet! I haven't bothered to do the water test yet, but I think I may have a little arch! Anyway my main concern at the moment is that my left ankle is weak and I wanted to know any exercises to improve it? I've read that you can only increase the muscles around the ankle. I am not comfortable pushing off from my left ankle and it really slows me down as I can't use my split jump for explosive power as much as I'd like to! The physio I saw suggested to try balancing on each leg for 30 secs. I think I may have some fracture because my left ankle clicks when I run with it ... so I've been thinking about seeing a doctor or foot specialist! Any tips/exercises to train the muscles around the ankles and improve stability?
The best source of advice for this is a sports physiotherapist. However, you certainly don't have a fracture: if you did, then you would be in agony when walking The clicking is more likely to be due to soft tissue damage.
my knees and and wrist have the clicking and clacking sound wrist due to a fall while inline skating, knees... have always been that way *shrug* what am i suppose to do? took an x-ray before for my knees and the doctor says i'm fine
The x-ray is good at showing bone injuries, but not very effective at showing soft tissue. Chances are that the problems are not due to bones directly, but tissues near and around the joints such as small muscles, cartilage, ligaments and tendons. Often, seemingly unrelated muscles can have an effect. For example, keeping your calves and hamstrings loose - by stretching them - may help reduce the tension on your tendons/ligaments. This can improve an injury to a lower joint, such as the ankle. Just to illustrate how different parts of the body can be connected in strange ways: I have an ankle injury (right foot) that causes soreness in my upper right abdominal muscles! Follow the advice of a sports physiotherapist, and improve your overall fitness as much as you can without putting too much strain on your injuries. Listen to your body in this respect - pain is a warning sign, and must be distinguished from the fatigue of exercise!
I rolled both my ankles playing indoor football a few years ago. What my physio told me to do was to use the balance board to balance on one leg at a time. First just get the balance, then swing your free leg back and forth and then sideways. Finally try to balance on one leg with your eyes closed. I still can´t do that for more then a few seconds without losing balance. First after my ankles gave I used ankle braces cos the impact from kicking the football hurtand my ankles were still weak. But then my physio told me to try and stop using them and now I´m just using neoprene ankle supports. But I don´t use anything when I´m playing badminton, just football. SRune
Yer I'm still playing badminton. I just don't feel like putting alot of pressure on my left ankle when pushing off from it. It just doesn't feel strong! I've tried balancing exercises but as I'm flat footed I have alot of trouble! The physio I saw said to try and keep my arch neutral... bringing the arch up manually (if I can say that) and balancing that way! Being flat footed is a muscle deficiency right? So you can build up the muscles to increase your arch a bit? I think when you're older it's harder to do but it's still worth a try! I'll be sure to ask the physio about soft tissue damage and the clicking next time! It just sounds wrong.
this should help you out http://sportsmedicine.about.com/gi/...ttp://www.csuchico.edu/~sbarker/injury/ankle/
My left ankle clicks when I jog and when I walk up stairs. I think it's from a skateboarding injury that I had about just over 2 years ago. It was a really bad sprain so I went to physical therapy for a few months. I was given a brace called the RocketSoc but I don't use it anymore. I've never used it for badminton. My advice would just be to keep walking on it as much as possible if it's now healed. I know mine will never be back to 100%, but I can still do everything with it now that I could do prior to the injury. Here's the link for the RocketSoc just in case you're interested: http://donjoy.com/products/DonJoy/patient/detail.asp?id=9
check out the following sites http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/Handouts/anklesprain/anklesprain.html http://www.epodiatry.com/ankle-sprain.htm
Having flat feet doesn't meet your feet are completly flat.. Almsot all flat feet people have a little arch, but the arch just isn't as large as non-flat feet people
try using a wobbleboard use the search function of this forum for the relevant thread. If you have have a left ankle injury, play right hand and have problems after lunging for the shuttle, then that could be a footwork problem.
Shoes... Don't use sneakers, or boader shoes. Find athletic shoes, and also ask a foot doctor, who can help add support and fix flat footness.
