1Single Leg Heel Raise
- Stand facing a wall or supportive surface and place your fingers on the wall for support if needed.
- Ensure your feet are hip distance apart and toes facing forward.
- Take your weight onto the right leg removing your left leg from the floor.
- Gently transfer your weight to the ball of your right foot.
- Push up onto the ball of your foot by lifting the heel from the ground.
- Slowly lower yourself to the ground.
- Try to go up fast and down slowly.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist guidelines.
2Single Leg Balance
- Position yourself next to a bench, chair or wall for balance support as needed.
- Come into single leg standing on the target limb.
- Attempt to hold balance here for a designated time frame and steady with support if needed.
3Ankle Eversion
- Secure the resistance band around the affected foot and loop it around the unaffected limb to anchor.
- With a straight knee, move the ankle so the toes are coming outwards away from the body.
- Slowly return to the start position.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapists guidelines.
4Ankle Inversion
- Secure the resistance band around the affected foot and loop it around the unaffected limb to anchor.
- With a straight knee, move the ankle so the toes are coming inwards across the midline.
- Slowly return to the start position.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist’s guidelines.
5Ankle Dorsiflexion [Knee to Wall]
- Stand next to a wall and place one foot in front of the other, its best to start closer to the wall approx. 5cm away.
- Whilst keeping your foot flat on the ground bend the knee with the aim of touching the wall.
- If you can touch the wall, move the foot back a centimetre each time until you find it difficult to reach the wall and feel a light stretch.
- Repeat/perform the exercise as instructed by your therapist as there is a few variations.
- Holding the stretch for 30 seconds up to a minute can be of benefit for people with stiffness in their ankle.
6Towel Scrunch
- Sit down on a chair with a towel spread in front of you.
- Place the targeted foot on the towel.
- Keep your heel in contact with the towel and curl your toes to scrunch the towel under your foot.
- Continue this action until your foot reaches the end of the towel.
7Chair Squat [Shallow]
- Come into standing in front of a chair with the height prescribed by your Physiotherapist.
- You may need to use a pillow here to increase the height.
- The feet should be hip width apart.
- Bend the knees and send the bottom back to the chair.
- Use the arms outstretched as a counterbalance.
- Tap the bottom to the chair and rise.