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[xBBALL LEGENDx]

i rolled my ankle today, i can walk on it easy but some areas i walk on hurt a lil bit, r there any stretches i can do that will maybe help it before tom.

Also SuperHops does work

[a.j.ing]

i dont know bout stretches, mayb just ur achilles and toe rolls, i wuld just rest it tho, thats probably all u can do

[ryano3]

rest it man
c the doctor or something
check up on the net wot u can do
compression usually helps
and strapping

[Orthoball]

Get some therabands and use them to strenghthen ankles in all directions (dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion, eversion).

[Vrt4u]

What do they say to do for injuries? RICE Rest-Ice-Compress-Elevate I find that if I rest and ice it will probably heal quite fast. There is no way that you want to be stretching or working a injury this soon after the injury.

[Orthoball]

Originally Posted by Vrt4u

What do they say to do for injuries? RICE Rest-Ice-Compress-Elevate I find that if I rest and ice it will probably heal quite fast. There is no way that you want to be stretching or working a injury this soon after the injury.

This is true to an extent. However, you must begin to restore range of motion ASAP after an injury, otherwise as it heals you will be left with excess scar tissue and less ROM than before the injury. If you have broken the ankle or have a grade 3 tear of one or more of the ligaments, then you should wait to start stretching and strengthening until after it has began to heal (but this goes beyond the scope of the thread, and you should see a doctor); otherwise you need to start strengthening and increasing ROM ASAP using pain tolerance as your guide. Google "Dick Hartzell" to see what he has to say on the matter. He is the inventor of jump stretch bands, and has some interesting ideas on rehabbing ankles. Although I don't agree w/his ice theories, he has some other valid points. This is the field of expertise that I will be going into as a surgeon, so let me know if you have other questions.