Hey, I was wondering if people could give me some suggestions on how to improve my ankle stability and strength, which is really lousy right now.
Back story: I broke my right fibula in two places 9 weeks ago. It was really straight forward and I recovered really fast. I am already back to running and playing sports, and for the most part I feel great. I can run long distance just as well as I used to, and once I get up to speed, I am sprinting as fast as I used to. My right calf muscle hasn't quite caught up to my left, but there is now some clear definition and I would say its 3/4 of the way there.
My problem is with ankle stability (or what I think is ankle stability). I can't jump on just my right leg at all, one-legged calf raises are extremely difficult, and pretty much anything that involves me putting my full weight on just the toes of my right leg really really hurts (so even walking on my toes hurts, since for a short period all my weight is on the right leg).
The bigger problem, is that all of the ankle stability exercises I can think of (like jumping or doing ladder exercises) hurt too much for me to do, so I feel very stuck. Its like, I need to do ankle stability exercises to gain ankle stability, but I don't have enough ankle stability to even do them. Its a downward spiral.
Any suggestions of exercises that maybe gently build ankle stability? Or should I push through pain and do the regular ones?
Any advice would be awesome.
Back story: I broke my right fibula in two places 9 weeks ago. It was really straight forward and I recovered really fast. I am already back to running and playing sports, and for the most part I feel great. I can run long distance just as well as I used to, and once I get up to speed, I am sprinting as fast as I used to. My right calf muscle hasn't quite caught up to my left, but there is now some clear definition and I would say its 3/4 of the way there.
My problem is with ankle stability (or what I think is ankle stability). I can't jump on just my right leg at all, one-legged calf raises are extremely difficult, and pretty much anything that involves me putting my full weight on just the toes of my right leg really really hurts (so even walking on my toes hurts, since for a short period all my weight is on the right leg).
The bigger problem, is that all of the ankle stability exercises I can think of (like jumping or doing ladder exercises) hurt too much for me to do, so I feel very stuck. Its like, I need to do ankle stability exercises to gain ankle stability, but I don't have enough ankle stability to even do them. Its a downward spiral.
Any suggestions of exercises that maybe gently build ankle stability? Or should I push through pain and do the regular ones?
Any advice would be awesome.