Ankle injuries are common in runners, but the good news is they’re often preventable. Beyond avoiding doing too much too soon, you can easily add in a few ankle strengthening exercises to your weekly routine.
As a runner, there’s always some worry in the back of your mind (or maybe in the front of your mind) that you could get injured. And just like that, there goes your next race or maybe just your next workout.
Which is why you hear me so often talking about pre-hab.
That’s adding small movements to your dynamic warm up which work muscles that prevent injuries (often the hips and glutes). I recommend doing them often in the warm up because it ensures that we don’t skip them and helps to activate our muscles.
However, if you are currently rehabbing from an ankle injury these might be movements you do a few times a day before you resume running.
Start by ensuring you know the cause of your ankle pain while running. You need to know which muscles to focus on and ensure that it’s not something more serious like a stress fracture before continuing.
Learning some different ankle strengthening exercises can be the difference between meeting your goals in that next race and sitting on the sidelines. So without further ado, let’s talk more about ankle strength and some…
