Avoid Ankle Injuries And Balance Better With These Four Everyday Simple Exercises
Walking more? Healthy ankles take the stress off your knees
During the lockdown, we are allowed (in Australia) to leave our homes for exercise — alone or with one other person. There are many more people walking now than before the lockdown, which is good to see.
As we walk more often and become more ambitious to walk longer distances, it is sensible to pay attention to our foot health.
Walking provides relief and exercise
Conversely, imagine if you injured a foot while walking — you would be deprived of the pleasure and relief of being able to get out of the house each day for exercise.
Although we know that maintaining the flexibility of our feet reduces the chance of injury, we rarely attend to it.
That may be because the exercises you can find online require some manual pushing or pulling or using a band or ball or another tool. I know, because I searched for 30 minutes, without success, before writing this article looking for videos of the ones I am about to suggest for you. I then made my own video to illustrate them, below.
