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ANKLES........What can Pilates do to help?

Common foot and ankle injuries include:

•Strain- an injury to the tendon that connects the muscle to the bone

•Sprain- an injury to the ligament which holds two bones together

•Tendonitis- which is inflammation of the tendon that connects the muscle to the bone

•Stress fractures- which are tiny cracks in the bone due to repeated stress to the weight bearing bones

Most of these injuries are due to over-use.
There are things you can do to prevent them.
First, make sure to warm up adequately, that doesn’t mean stretching but warming up your whole body with walking or full body movement.

And don’t forget about the ankles, some foot circles or pointing and flexing should do the trick.

Balance exercises are important for the ankles too.

Something simple you can do anywhere is just standing on one foot for a minute. This makes the ankles and lower legs work and is something most people don’t do enough.

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