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Ankle rippy rippy 15-May-2005 At 8:46:16 AM almontyrat

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I second Julian comments re retraining.

After rolling my ankle three times as a teenager, the second and third time so badly that I chipped the bottom of the fibular as it whacked the ground, my then physio got me to retrain and I've had NO problems since.

My exercises included standing on the dodgy leg and bouncing a tennis ball off the wall. Once I could do that easily without too much wobbling, I progressed to standing on the ball of my foot etc. Also walking up stairs putting only the ball of my foot on the step edge with foot fully flexed, then pulling up with the calf muscles as I stepped up (like in a calf raise). Don't discount the age old game of hop scotch either, very good for getting you to hop & jump while placing your foot exactly where you want it.

I supose that these exercises also improve the strength of the muscles as well as the proprioception which can't be a bad thing :-)

As for how long until it's fixed = the old string thing.... Listen to your body. Cheers Alison