So, when i was born, i was cursed with weak ankles. Now after a couple years of dance training, my ankles still get soar and hurt from dancing. Also if i walk a long time, i get a spliting pain in my ankle. That's how it's always been! I tried ice skating, and was pretty good, but my ankles were just 2 soar to continue on. So now i have dance everday, sometimes twice a day, and my ankles r starting 2 get really soar! When im at school i have to tape them up so they dont get 2 soar walking all around all day. Is there anything else i could do besides soaking my ankles and just trying to dance more?
2007-10-05 11:35:10 · 4 answers · asked by yea shawty! 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
oh yah, does this also mean im going 2 be soar all throughout pointe? Because im in prepointe right now, and my teacher was talking 2 me about puting me in an actual pointe ballet class, but all i can think about is how much more my ankles r going 2 hurt! `
2007-10-05 11:40:19 · update #1
You might want to go to physical therapy and ask for special exercises. Maybe it's some particular muscles you need to work on, and it might get better. Especially the sharp pain in your ankle, I think it needs attention. Everyone is supposed to be able to walk without pain. 2 years of dance training is usually the time when people tend to experience problems with sore or hurting feet, in my observation. (I was there, too). The reason is you're placing higher demands on your feet, but your feet didn't develop yet. What usually happens is people either figure out how to fix the problem, or end up injuring themselves further, to the point where their dance progress stops. It's hard to give general advise on how to improve your ankles because everyone is different, what worked for me didn't apply to my friend, she needed completely different exercises and aids.
2007-10-05 12:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a thera band and do some exercises with it to strengthen your ankles. its good to write the alphabet with your foot while using the there band fro resistance. then ask your teacher what else she thinks you could do. basically I would have to say just work on strengthening the muscles
maybe trysome physical therapy to get some good excersices
2007-10-05 11:44:13 · answer #2 · answered by ✰EEYORE✰ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you additionally can locate therabands in established shops (probable close to the yoga stuff). Releves additionally help ankle capability. in the adventure that your arch is popping out of the shoe, you need to to objective a shoe with a extra robust vamp.
2016-11-07 09:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea if u have bad ankles DO NOT do pointe!!! it will mess up your ankles more!!! ive had friends of mine have to quit point because it hurt thier ankles. u need to have REALLY strong ankles to go on pointe. i hope this helps!!
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2007-10-05 13:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋