Ankle & calf exercises
BALANCE EXERCISE
Benefits: This is training for the proprioceptive balance mechanisms which can help prevent ankle sprains, knee injuries and falls.
BALANCE: ADVANCED VERSION
When you can balance easily on each leg for several minutes at a time, you can make the exercise more demanding in several ways.
CALF STRETCH
Benefits: Good flexibility in the calves helps to prevent problems in the ankles and knees.
HEEL RAISE
Benefits: An invaluable co-ordination exercise for the legs, involving the toes, feet, ankles, knees and the hips.
SINGLE-LEG HEEL RAISE
Benefits: Working against your bodyweight and gravity, this exercise co-ordinates and strengthens the calf muscles, especially the soleus muscle.
CALF COMPLEX RAISE
Benefits: Provides eccentric and concentric strengthening work combined with stretch for the calf muscles, in coordination with the thigh and hip muscles.
