While sprained ankles need time away from workouts to heal, strengthening the muscles around the ankle can help them recover and prevent further sprains. For minor or moderate sprains, most people can ...

After ten straight months of at-home workouts, our fitness routine was starting to feel a little boring. We’d mastered all the moves in our favorite dance cardio classes, and we felt ready for a new ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Your ankles are made up of a complex network of muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons, and they’re key for crucial movements like ...

Ever wondered why you can’t squat as deep as your gym buddy? The answer might be right at your feet. While most fitness enthusiasts focus on building impressive quads or sculpting perfect abs, ...

Ankle strengthening exercises can help people with pain, injury, or mobility problems. People can do most of these exercises at home. The ankle is a weight-bearing joint that consists of various bones ...

Although many mainstream medical organizations such as the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic consider inversion therapy to be a largely unproven alternative medical treatment, many people still ...

THINK ABOUT ALL the activity taking place on your feet—walking, standing, taking the stairs, running, jumping, squatting, lunging. The ankle supports nearly every movement involving the foot. Training ...

Gentle exercises like towel scrunches, ankle circles, and standing calf raises can help improve ankle strength, mobility, and balance after an ankle sprain. Mobility, stretching, and strengthening ...