I want to be less clumsy!

[derien]

An excellent article on how to rebuild your ankles after a sprain, or help yourself be less clumsy. Not complete, but mentions some easy exercises that one can apply right away. Apparently your sense of your feet and how they're hitting the ground is crucial to the sense of space and how you're positioned. I wonder if this will help me not fall down in the shower? That seems to be my most tricky place - when I turn with my eyes closed I often get a little unstable. It occurs to me to wonder, now, if this is because of the water running over my ears, as I'd thought, or more because of the curve of the bottom of the tub.

Comments

[dances-withcats.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's pretty interesting! I've sprained both ankles a number of times over the course of my life, but my left ankle has borne the brunt of it. I wondered why it was so much easier for me to stand on my right leg rather than my left one.

[slicesmissus.livejournal.com]

I totally believe that had I been given this information in 1986 I might have avoided spraining my left ankle again in 1990 and fracturing that leg in 1998! It was only in the PT after the fracture that anyone addressed the issue of balance with me. My balance still isn't 100% and I've bookmarked the page to peruse later when the plantar fasciitis isn't acting up (which I've probably caused by favouring that left leg too much).

[derien.livejournal.com]

Lemme tell ya, hopping on one leg is GOOD exercise. I tried it, this morning!