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Ankle stretches?
Sep. 19th, 2002 10:58 pmAnyone have some good ankle stretches?
Has another chat with Shifu about exactly why I'm having so much trouble with crouch stance based moves (like sweeps). She'd been telling us all that she wants to stretch in crouch stance everyday... and my first though it "huh?" Getting into crouch stance often aggravates my knee -- but once I'm there it's not a stretch at all. So we worked through it slowly a couple of times, and sure enough my ankles aren't moving right. They claim they just doesn't move that way...
Now my doctor had just told me he thought it likely that any problem I'm having with my knees right now are really an ankle problem in disguise. Considering how badly I've ripped up my ankles over the last couple of years, it does seem likely. While I'm not having overt strength problems with them, flexibility is just not what it should be, especially with the tendons on the inside of the ankle, and those that go from the ankle over the top of the foot.
Suggestions? The standard achilles tendon stretch, and the set of standing wall stretches (bend the foot up against the wall, then bend it to each side) aren't really making a dent in it.
Has another chat with Shifu about exactly why I'm having so much trouble with crouch stance based moves (like sweeps). She'd been telling us all that she wants to stretch in crouch stance everyday... and my first though it "huh?" Getting into crouch stance often aggravates my knee -- but once I'm there it's not a stretch at all. So we worked through it slowly a couple of times, and sure enough my ankles aren't moving right. They claim they just doesn't move that way...
Now my doctor had just told me he thought it likely that any problem I'm having with my knees right now are really an ankle problem in disguise. Considering how badly I've ripped up my ankles over the last couple of years, it does seem likely. While I'm not having overt strength problems with them, flexibility is just not what it should be, especially with the tendons on the inside of the ankle, and those that go from the ankle over the top of the foot.
Suggestions? The standard achilles tendon stretch, and the set of standing wall stretches (bend the foot up against the wall, then bend it to each side) aren't really making a dent in it.
