Ankle Injuries

[wakesurfvault]

I have been having some recurring ankle injuries recently. Mostly they are just minor neusances and i didnt worry about them much, but lately i have gotten some where i couldnt run w/o pain. I havn't been landing weird on them or anything, they just seem to appear. I was wondering if there is anything i can do to prevent these, and if they do reappear what should I do to get back to vaulting asap. Thanks

[Vault&Flip]

Ice, Ice, Ice. I get some pain in my takeoff ankle mostly from minor ankle twists and turns over the years. You may have some scar tissue built up in your ankle and the pounding aggravates it. If you can pinpoint a specific point when it bothers you you can try to correct the problem if there is one. If not, you should probably take time off or take it easy and keep icing.

[Skyin' Brian]

I have been having some recurring ankle injuries recently. Mostly they are just minor neusances and i didnt worry about them much, but lately i have gotten some where i couldnt run w/o pain. I havn't been landing weird on them or anything, they just seem to appear. I was wondering if there is anything i can do to prevent these, and if they do reappear what should I do to get back to vaulting asap. Thanks

consult your athletic trainer, then make sure to do whatever he or she says and get treatment every day if necessary.

[wakesurfvault]

I have no atheltic trainer, but its been a few days since my ankles started hurting and i dont see any swelling, does this mean i should stop icing it? I've heard that if there's no swelling that you should heat. There's still some lingering pain but hopefully this long weekend will allow it to heal. Once they do stop is there anything i should be doing to strenthen them or something in order to prevent it from reoccuring?? thanks

[bvpv07]

Is it only in your ankle?
I was having a ton of pain where the bones of the foot kind of met up with the ankle joint...it was hurting to run, go up onto toe, really to put any weight onto the foot. It turned out that my navicular (sp?) joint was jammed and all of the pressure that was put on my foot ended up being put there. My pt unlocked that joint....it still hurts (but in a different place due to inflamation of the muscles in that area) but the effect upon the joint was instantly apparent. My advice is to try to find a good pt...the whole process of going through 20 doctors in 2 months and still not knowing what is wrong with you sucks.

[wubka]

An unhealed (no pun) stress fracture to my takeoff ankle ended my career. My advice to all vaulters is to get an MRI with any ankle injury. If you're near LA, USC has one of the best ankle orthopods.