You’ve probably seen a wobble board—sometimes a curved plank of wood, sometimes a piece of wood with a rocker attached to the bottom—buried in the corner of your gym or at PT offices. It’s not a go-to ...

We’ve all seen them, whether at the gym or in the corner of a friend’s dining room or lounge, but what exactly is a wobble board and how can it be helpful for runners? Well, let’s think about what ...

Background Balance training is a common component of rehabilitation after ankle sprains. A relatively high activity of the peroneus longus (PL) to the activity of the tibialis anterior (TA) (a low ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Balance training using a "wobble board" may help prevent knee and ankle injuries in high school basketball players, a new study suggests. Balance exercises are commonly ...

This week we are going to discuss the importance of proprioception in ankle rehabilitation. What sounds like a long medical term is actually a descriptor of the sense of position that the ankle has ...

You are out hiking and suddenly step down on a rock and turn your ankle. Or maybe you are running fast in a sports event. You zig right then left fast and you twist your ankle wrong. What do you do?

Brenda asks: I fell and badly sprained my left ankle. I have done this about three or four times. While in the E.R., one of the doctors pulled down on my good ankle and said that my ankles were "loose ...