How to Protect Your Ankle From Injury in Football?

Ankle support is a kind of equipment to protect the ankle joint of the human body. It is suitable for sports such as badminton, tennis, football, cycling, dancing, etc., or for ankle joint varus injury, postoperative fixation and strength protection during rehabilitation.

Causes of Ankle Injuries in Football

1. Due to the fierce competition in football, the two sides are in physical contact, collision, sudden reloading or falling, feet 2. Extremely twisted ankles or being stepped on by others and foul actions by players.

3. The foot falls on uneven ground or low-quality turf, due to the difference in the depth of the poorly agreed ground, the ankle joint is injured due to the effect of inertia.

4. Sneakers are too big or too small, causing the feet to roll easily or not to be flat in the shoes.

5. Football players have insufficient preparations, lack of concentration, and effective ankle fixation. Most ankle injuries are caused by athletes not using the support belt or improperly bandaging the support belt during training or competition.

The Importance of Ankle Support

Ankle Support Brace

The working principle of ankle support

It is necessary to use ankle braces. The principle of protection is to apply pressure to the relevant parts to improve the weight-bearing capacity of the ankle joint ligaments. The football ankle protector is composed of a cover, an ankle stopper, a cushion and an elastic sleeve. There are spherical protrusions on the lower part of the film. The ankle protection effect is very good. When the opponent mobilizes to kick, kick or shovel, the ankle block breaks or breaks to absorb energy, thus playing a good ankle protection effect.

Ankle support is to protect the ankle joint from pressure. It is a lightweight ankle protective orthosis, suitable for preventing ankle sprains, ankle ligament injuries, ankle instability, etc.

Ankle support can limit the left and right movement of the ankle, prevent the sprain caused by the ankle varus, reduce the pressure on the injured part of the ankle joint, strengthen the ankle joint and promote the healing of the soft tissue of the injured tissue.

Key points of wearing ankle support

Generally speaking, the ankle support has to be tighter to be effective. Because the protective gear is made of elastic materials, it must be able to tighten the joints, which is equivalent to adding a protective film to the joints. If it is loose after putting it on, the effect of exercise will not work, and it can only be used as a warmth. Of course, the protective gear should not be too tight, which affects blood circulation

Suitable crowd for ankle support

In fact, there are many people who need ankle braces to protect their bodies and improve their diseases in life, such as:

1. All kinds of cold physique people.

2. All kinds of people with ankle joint discomfort.

3. The elderly, pregnant (partum) women, and those who are sensitive to changes in cold and heat.

4. Athletes, fashion women who love to wear winter skirts in autumn and winter, and people who like outdoor sports such as mountain climbing, adventure, fishing, etc.

5. Those who are often exposed to air-conditioning, such as supermarket attendants, workers engaged in refrigeration, aquatic processing, agriculture, fishery, construction, etc., and office workers who stay in air-conditioned rooms for a long time.