6 Best Ankle Strengthening Exercises

The best ankle strengthening exercises help to improve the ankle’s ability to tolerate the 3 main demands placed on them during athletic activity. These include; single leg balance, the ability to stiffen during force production (supinate) and the ability to absorb impact forces. In this video we provide 6 excellent ankle strengthening exercises, which help capture these elements.

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Chapters:
0:00 Start
0:27 The role of the foot and ankle complex
1:10 Single leg balance exercises
4:31 Impact absorption of the foot and ankle
7:03 Ankle supination exercises
9:03 The 6 best ankle strengthening exercises

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[ahmedkhadar]

3:20 exercise #1: single leg balance
3:29 #2: single leg balance with heel raise
3:44 #3: balance board beam training
6:27 #4: heel raise walks
6:48 #5: heel raise walks on the stairs
8:25 #6: supinated lunges

[lshepherd]

just bought myself a pair of door hinges. and will install them on my ankles as instructed

[nigbot]

I’m 17, and have rolled my ankle 6 times and torn multiple ligaments… this video really helped haven’t sat out a game since watching this video thanks a tone! My landings are much more stable thank you!

[myrvensjoly]

Exercise 1: 3:19
Exercise 2: 3:27
Exercise 3: 3:43
Exercise 4: 6:25
Exercise 5: 6:47
Exercise 6: 8:23

[LeftLib]

I had a friend who told me that one of the problems we have with our ankles is that we walk on too many flat surfaces. As a result we overuse some muscles and underuse others. So it is a good idea to go hill walking, and if you are running on a flat surface it is a good idea to spend some time running backwards and some time stepping side to side in order to activate underused muscles. However best of all is to run up and down sand dunes which will stimulate your muscles in all directions. This needs to be done with care for the first time - build up the strength and flexibility before going flat out.

[honorshearing]

Really appreciated this help. I'm 68 and suddenly feel my feet aren't working, especially in the morning. Had flat feet as a child. I will do these exercises every day to strengthen my feet. I don't want to become old before my time. thank you again.

[Pageyeah]

I'm a Kinesiology major and this is the clearest explanation of the ankle/foot complex I've encountered by far. Nicely done, thank you.

[dhruvsaraswat]

These exercises are especially useful for football athletes - stronger ankles mean the player would not go down easily when tackled

[prashp]

I’ve found that catwalk (walking along a straight line with foot on line) with toes first helps a lot. I had quite the deformed ankles, now they are a lot better.

[franciscorm]

Calves also plays a big role in balancing and absorbing shock while running. For me staying on my toes while running helped a lot.

[dougmacpherson]

I really appreciate this articulate summary of key issues and exercises.

[ILKG_]

This was super helpful, as a basketball I player I deal with some ankle injuries due to the large amount of running and jumping. Thanks.💪

[dasdochnix]

I watched this After conor vs dustin 3 fight 😅

[farhansubhan]

This is the best video I've watched on ankles and I've watched a lotttt

[nickd.]

Would absolutely love another video like this but on knee stability!

[aniviamidd]

Can’t believe the amount of free value you just provided in this video. ❤so much love!

[dennylekstrom]

This is an INCREDIBLE resource to be given for free. Thank you for sharing this and allowing it to be accesible to all, no matter what walk of life you're from. A gamechanger for me for sure as I have studied and worked professionally as a dancer/musicaltheatre performer for about 15 years and have had massive issues with high muscletonus in my whole body and excruciating anclepain. I'm very excited about my progress!
Thank you again - Denny

[himanshuwilhelm]

I've been running barefoot through wilderness and rocky deserts for years, and I must say that my ankles are practically indestructible.
Even if I need to drop 10 feet to get to the next rock, any pain sustained from the shock is gone in a couple of minutes.

[dragnflei]

I’m in my 60s with an S-curve scoliosis. I’m convinced that my spinal misalignments are the root cause of the foot and ankle issues I’m having. This was helpful and I appreciate the science behind the exercises.

[daviddelarosajr-bipx]

This is very underated information .. many of us aren't aware we are using bad posture and wonder why we have pain .. also learning to keep your feet ankles and joints strong and flexible is key to maintaining our youth as we age