Fall is a beautiful time to take in the season’s colors as you walk, jog, or run. But what if you are experiencing ankle pain? Is there anything you can do to alleviate the problem without medication? There certainly is!

At Chattanooga Non-Surgical Orthopedics, we specialize in so much more than just back and neck pain. We consider the whole body as a unit; individual parts making up the whole, and we treat every orthopedic issue uniquely unto its own. Foot and ankle care is another of the focal areas we treat.

If you are suffering from a recent foot or ankle injury or are experiencing unexplained ankle pain, make an appointment with Chattanooga Non-Surgical Orthopedics today for an evaluation to be sure it isn’t something serious. 423-499-0003.

Stretching Exercises

Gentle stretching can be helpful if you’ve had an ankle injury and the area has tightened up during rest. If you have less flexibility than you’d like in your ankles, stretching will also make the joints looser. Having appropriately flexible ankle joints can help prevent future injury if you step off a curb wrong or twist your ankle while exercising.

Here are some popular ankle stretches that aid in prevention of injury:

• Ankle flexes while sitting with both legs extended in front of you (if you can’t reach your toes to enhance the stretch, try using a towel or exercise band to pull your toes toward your body)
• While sitting with both legs extended forward, point the toes downward (you can do sets of repetitions or alternate with ankle flexes)
• Rotating the ankle clockwise and counterclockwise
• Slowly lowering the heels while standing with the toes on a step
• Turning the ankle inward and outward while lying on your back with one leg raised

Sometimes exercise alone isn’t enough to heal ankle pain. Don’t resort to medications that have dangerous side effects. Likewise, surgery carries a lot of risk, especially when there are better options available to you at Chattanooga Non-Surgical Orthopedics. We offer non-surgical orthopedic treatments and regenerative medicine therapy to treat ankle pain in a safer, longer-lasting, and more natural way.

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