I keep over exerting my ankle and landing n it wrong at cheer practice. What can I do to prevent this from happening or at least not as bad????
2007-02-22 09:15:42 · 7 answers · asked by **MEGY** 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
As a current cheer coach, I deal with this often.
First we have to determine what is causing you to "land wrong". Are you using proper technique? If stunting, is your team spotting you correctly? Do you have weak ankles to begin with?
I wquld definitely keep this ankle wrapped. It sounds as though you may just be over exerting, causing the ankle to "give-out" due to stress on the joints. If this is the case, continue to wrap your ankle for every practice and anytime that you will be involved in a
"impact" scenario.
If your injuries are due to other factors, have your coach watch the stunt to catch any imperfections in technique. This may go a long way in keeping your ankle from getting hurt. I had one girl who landed wrong on her ankle, and blamed herself for the mistake. She had to sit out 2 weeks for the ankle to mend. when she began to stunt again, I made it a point to back spot her (if only to ensure that she was strong enough to do the stunt). It was then that I saw that one of her bases was twisting her torso on dismount. This slight twist was enough to throw the flyer off balance and land incorrectly.
Once we got this under control, she never had trouble with her ankle again.
hope that helps!
2007-02-23 03:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by coachls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely wrap the ankle to prevent the ankle from further injury. I have several old sport injuries that were injured only once that give me a lot of problems now since I am older.
2007-02-22 09:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tape of wear a brace. i'm recovering from a broken ankle from cheer and i wear a brace whenever i cheer and i will for at least the mext year
2007-02-22 12:41:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u could use an ankle brace or you could use athletic tape. they really help. i played football and i did the same thing every game until i started wrapping it.
2007-02-22 09:21:41 · answer #4 · answered by Sub_Zero 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see what you did wrong, you can probably fix it. and deffinatly tape it and make sure it heals compelty before cheering agian unless you have to for cometitions and such.
2007-02-23 11:55:33 · answer #5 · answered by cheergirl10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go see your trainer, (s)he'll probably tape it up, ask them if they have any suggestions, I don't really know how bad it is, any swelling and major pain with walking? see the doctor...
*~Jill~*
2007-02-23 13:06:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so ur not old so who cares i do that 10 times a day.
2007-02-22 09:18:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋