Ankle braces

dude! i have weak ankles myself; genetics. then i injured em and made em worse. while playing soccer, one of the opposing players ran up, as did i. we both power kicked the ball; his foot slid off and clashed into my shin and twisting my ankled out of control. could've been worse but i abosorbed it a lil and rolled... and landed bad on the other... lol 2 twisted ankles and a bone contusion on the shin =\

anyways, couple months later the the trainer at my school told me i had to strenghten the muscles around it. Calf raises on some stairs, standing on my tip toes on one foot and keeping the other foot raised for a prolonged amount of time trying not to put it down or the heel of the other foot.

we also had resistance rope things anchored on and leg of bench or something and the other end around the top of the foot so that its taught. we put em on the toe at the 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock postions, then push and pull away, respectively, against the resistance. works all the lil balancing muscles.

also, before grappling stretch the calves good, that would make sense to me. This past wrestling season i tore my meniscus, so before every match i streched all the muscles around my knee (so all the legs muscles). I'd probably do it, too, for that injury just because the rest of the leg will affect it.

definately use the compression brace, too. You'll be more vnerable to ankle locks, but its a trade.

today my ankles are great. I'd see a sports trainer just in case anyway because you never kno.

um... i hope i stayed on point and had cool antecdotes lolz =P

good luck and stay Fantastic =D

its like adding grip to your leg

i would just slowly try to strengthen it. calf raises maybe some light jump rope, jogging that kinda crap. im no doctor tho

compression braces work great during work outs and kickboxing they do help ive used them for years just make sure to get the neopren ones the cloth ones strech out to easy.

the best ankle brace during the times you are injured and still want to roll hard is the lace up brace. you can tighten that sucker very tight and nearly exactly where you want it. I wouldn't screw around with any other kind of brace when injured.

Get the kind that have the laces that feel like a plastic cast. Tell your training partners to leave your ankles alone for awhile. When your done working out perform range of motion exercises for your ankles then rotate ice and heat, end with heat.