Women How to help a gymnast who struggles with sprains/twists of the ankle?

[seoulmama]

Looking for advice on how to help a gymnast who often rolls/sprains/twists their ankle.

 

[raenndrops]

This may sound sarcastic, but in all seriousness...
Teach her how to walk correctly.

I have a history of sprains and it turns out that I dont know how to walk properly.

If that doesn't work (which it didn't for me) ... bracing and taping makes it harder to roll / sprain.

 

[Splat]

There are lots of exercises that she could do to help strengthen the ankle. I personally wear a brace on the ankle that I tend to twist a lot as it helps minimize the amount of injuries.

 

[stillhoping]

Physical therapy to strength her ankle, and possibly a visit to an orthopedist, to prevent further damage. If she keeps doing this, she may completely tear a ligament in her ankle. This happened to DD.

 

[kimute]

This is also my DD. We went to a place that did motion analysis on her whole body and her foot turn-out is the culprit for sprained ankles. Evidently, the fix was to work in PT on alignment and strengthening of her hips.

 

[stillhoping]

DD had to strengthen her hips also.