Ankle Side Movement Exercises

Few or no activities in life or the gym have you use your ankle to move in the sagittal plane, i.e. left and right. Often, athletes and dancers can use cardiovascular equipment, hike, run dance and even swim without much left and right ankle motion. This may make ligaments around the ankle weak and make people prone to ankle sprains.

What can we do?

We can move the ankle left and right, using a sports band as resistance. Place the band of strength you can use for four sets of 10 repetitions, around the back of your feet and hold it back for resistance with the hand of the opposite foot you are using. You will work out the tibialis anterior, tibialis exterior and extensor hallucis longus, and the peroneous longus and peroneous brevis muscles that allow you to evert your ankle.

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