Ankle Sprain Fix and Prevention (IMPROVES SQUAT TOO!)

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Build strong ankles and build ripped athletic muscle in 90 days http://athleanx.com/x/be-built-like-an-athlete Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries suffered by athletes and non-athletes alike. The problem with them is that they not only recur more frequently than any other injury but they make it very hard to lift with proper form. Doing squats and deadlifts become especially difficult if you lack the range of motion and mobility needed in your ankle to get down low enough. If you lack the dorsiflexion needed in your ankle to do this properly, you wind up causing compensatory pain and injury in the knees or hips. In this video, I show you three ways you can improve the mobility of your ankle using just a single x-treme band from ATHLEAN-X. You want to start by working on the easiest motion to restore and that is the talocrural joint movement. You can do this by anchoring a band behind your tibia, making sure to keep it higher up than your ankle. As you lean into a lunge, the pull of the band should pull your tibia forward and help improve the ability of the talus to move backwards and improve dorsiflexion. You can take the focus a little bit lower and try to improve the motion of the subtalar joint as an alternative. To do this you would want to anchor the band in front of your ankle and low. You have to be sure that your band is crossing the talus and is not too high as to land on the tibia. Here you want to try and glide the talus backwards as you s

Published 2016-03-02 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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