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    Exercises for a Broken Ankle

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    Many healthcare providers recommend broken ankle exercises as a part of the recovery plan. These are meant to help restore strength, mobility, and stability in the lower leg joint. If your doctor’s given you the go-ahead or you’re looking for ideas to help a friend or family member, we’ve shared a few movements below that … Read more

    How To Support An Ankle With An Ankle Brace

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    Ankle injuries can be painful and debilitating, affecting our mobility and overall quality of life. Whether you’re an athlete, an active individual, or someone recovering from an ankle sprain, an ankle support can provide essential support and protection during the healing process.  In this blog post, we’ll delve into what exactly an ankle brace is, … Read more

    The Best Ankle Braces for Sprained Ankle Injuries

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    Although the team here at PhysioRoom can’t offer you a miracle cure for your sprained ankle, we can provide you with a particular set of ankle supports and braces that can aid you on your road to recovery. Whether you’ve been unfortunate enough to have been involved in a crunching tackle out on the football … Read more

    Stumble and a crack, there goes my ankle again…

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    So on the 20th of August I was scouring the front room for my car keys. After spending literally an eternity, I realised they were more than likely where I always leave them which is on top of the cabinet by the door. Standing on the chair I finally find them sat on top of a couple of DVDs. I grab them and step down off the chair onto the notoriously wobbly floor board.

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    Entering the Cheese Race with my Injured Knee!

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    On my annual travels down to Weymouth to visit a friend, I was informed of a downhill cheese race in Gloucestershire. I never thought something so ridiculous existed and I was very excited to give it a go but I had one single worry. My knee! About a month before my trip, I had torn a ligament in my knee

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    Sprained Ankle Update

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    As I recovered from my sprained ankle, I gradually reduced the wearing of an ankle support, until I wasnִ wearing it at all for speed sessions on the road and gentle training runs off road, but was not sufficiently confident to leave my ankle unsupported during longer or harder training sessions on the fells.

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    Treating the Most Common Sports Injury: A Sprained Ankle

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    Although I celebrated my 60th birthday in 2010, I am still active and competitive, these days concentrating mainly on running and cycling. To mark my birthday, I completed three big challenges:

      • Ran the Pendle Way, a local long-distance footpath (43 miles) in 9 hours;
      • Completed the Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge (47 miles) in 14 hours;
      • Cycled from Coniston to Interlaken (1,000 miles in 10 days) to take part in the Jungfrau Marathon, which I completed in 4hours 11 minutes.

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