Dr Jared Beckstrand demonstrates 10 of the best exercises you can do at home to strengthen your ankles. If your ankles are weak, if you’ve sprained your ankles in the past, and if you’d like to prevent ankle injuries in the future, THESE are the exercises that will help you to do it!

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Please keep in mind that the exercises presented in this video are meant to help strengthen weak ankles and prevent future ankle injury. If you have an acute ankle injury and are looking for exercises to help rehab that sprain, please click the link found above.

WHY IS ANKLE STRENGTH IMPORTANT?
The ankle is the very first joint that ties our feet to our body. It’s quite literally “where the rubber hits the road” and is responsible for so much of our function. Standing, walking, running, sprinting, cutting, and jumping are all made possible by our ankle joint.

Of course with these increasing levels of demand also comes an increased risk for injury. Many of the athletic injuries I treat as a physical therapist take place in the foot and ankle.

What’s the best way to eliminate these injuries and help your ankle function better? Ankle strengthening.

Strengthening the muscles that control your foot and ankle to provide maximum stability to the joint is the best way to prevent injuries from happening. This is especially true if you’re susceptible to ankle sprains/injuries (i.e. you’ve experienced injuries in the past).

HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ANKLE
Now let’s be clear about our words here - your ankle is a JOINT and therefore we cannot actually “strengthen” it in the traditional sense. But what we can do is strengthen all the MUSCLES that CONTROL this joint to improve stability and function.

And that’s exactly what you’re going to get with this video!

These are 10 of my favorite exercises that you can do right at home to strengthen your ankles, decrease likelihood of injury, and keep your ankles healthy!

BEST EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ANKLES

0:00 INTRODUCTION
1:32 PLANTAR FLEXION
2:30 DORSIFLEXION
3:09 EVERSION
3:35 INVERSION
4:05 BALANCE
4:25 FORWARD/BACKWARD STATIC
5:13 SIDE-SIDE STATIC
5:41 ROTATION STATIC
6:33 FORWARD/BACKWARD DYNAMIC
7:32 SIDE-SIDE DYNAMIC
8:01 ROTATION DYNAMIC
8:45 DON’T MISS THIS

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️ OTHER GREAT VIDEOS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
HOW TO RECOVER FROM AN ANKLE SPRAIN: https://youtu.be/_6hjIWhB8Yc
RECOVER FASTER WITH AN ANKLE INJURY: https://youtu.be/bsMrL_U7Hsk
UNLOCK YOUR ANKLE AND IMPROVE MOBILITY: https://youtu.be/Zq3HYp6MCkw
BEST EXERCISES TO IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE: https://youtu.be/SzbVLVxXO0s



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