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 ...

As a certified athletic trainer, one of the most common sports injuries I see is the inversion ankle sprain, in which the ligaments tear when the foot turns too far inward. If athletes would just ...

They're cheap and they're popular for at-home workouts, but ankle weights are overrated when it comes to building muscle or ...

When astronauts return from long stints in low orbit, their joints are an absolute mess — months of microgravity dismantle the body’s neuromuscular network. Once safely back on the planet, they begin ...

When people think of parts of their body to focus on during strength training, the foot and ankle are not usually at the top of the list. And yet with 26 bones, more than a dozen muscles, and ...

When you hear “duck walk” you probably think of a quacking bird waddling around a lake. But the term also refers to an effective lower-body exercise that targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A simple series of ankle and foot flexing exercises can improve strength and balance in older people, research from Portugal shows. Among elderly individuals living in an ...

Figure skaters combine power and grace to execute feats of physics like the triple axel, a 3½-rotation move where the athlete lands backward on the opposite foot. “It’s like a professional basketball ...

Background Lateral ankle sprains are one of the most common sports injuries. The intervention ‘Strengthen your ankle’ to prevent recurrent ankle sprains is developed and implemented since 2009, but ...