Improve Ankle Strength and Flexibility with This Easy Foot Fitness Exercise: Ankle Circles
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Aliesa GeorgePosted
Tue 01 Feb 2011 11:37am
Here’s a video demonstration of a quick and easy foot care exercise that you can practice anywhere to help improve ankle strength and ankle flexibility to keep your feet healthy and fit!
Click here to view the embedded video.
One of the great things about our feet and ankles is the opportunity for a good range of motion in lots of different
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Brett Farve Contemplating Ankle Surgery, Are Your Ankle Unstable Too?
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Dr. Marybeth CranePosted
Sat 01 May 2010 6:36am
to look forward to. Is he going to have surgery for his ankle? Brett Favre released a statement that he is considering having a minor surgery to repair his ankle injury. I wonder... spurs at the ankle joint.
Bone spurs at the ankle joint are often caused by osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease. Osteoarthritis of the ankle is common after several
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Ankle Braces and Ankle Health
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Carson B.Posted
Wed 16 Dec 2009 12:09pm
I recently was asked what was the “best” ankle brace to use. Below are my thoughts, which are in line with that of ACE Bandages and Kinesiotape. Enjoy!
Weeding through the ankle brace market can certainly be trying for even the professional. While they are a great short term “band-aid; to be entirely honest, an ankle brace will only make your
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High Ankle Sprain Explained
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:13pm
An ankle sprain is the partial or complete tear of the ligaments in the ankle. The classic ankle sprain is caused when the foot rolls in and the ankle rolls out, resulting in tearing of one or more of the ligaments on the outside of the ankle. A high ankle sprain is an injury to [...]
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Balance and Ankle Instability
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Fri 21 Aug 2009 12:36pm
Researchers from The University of Sydney, Australia, evaluated ankle instability in 58 participants. Twenty-seven participants were found to have ankle instability as classified by the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool and 31 participants with normal ankle stability were used as a control group. A landing test was used to evaluate postural control
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Leg Muscles Compromised After Ankle Sprains
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Northcoast FootcarePosted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm
An ankle sprain is a tear of one or more ligaments in the ankle. The most common type of ankle injury is an inversion ankle sprain which results in tearing of the ligaments on the outside of the ankle. When the ligaments don’t heal correctly, or they heal in a lengthened position, instability can result. In the past, the focus was on ligament
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