How can a round piece of plywood, half a croquet ball and a scrap of carpet help you rehab your ankle?

If you assemble a piece of plywood 16" in diameter, half of a 3" croquet ball and a scrap piece of carpet into the proper arrangement then you will have a wobble board.

A wobble board is used by many physical therapists during the rehab process of knees and ankles. Using the wobble board helps to improve flexibility in sprained ankles by gently forcing the ankle to move through the whole range of motion that a healthy ankle can move through.

And once your ankle can go through the normal range of motion, the wobble board, if used properly can help to improve balance and strengthen the muscles that support the ankle.

If you combine the wobble board with additional and proven rehab exercises in the proper order, you can reduce the rehab time for your sprained ankle by as much as 75% over traditional RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevation) approaches.

Like any other tool, a wobble board must be used properly and at the proper time in order to be effective.

For instance, a wobble board should only be used after all the swelling that is associated with a sprained ankle has gone away. And a wobble board should never be used if there is structural damage to the ankle such as a fracture or torn ligaments/tendons.

You should not start any rehab program until a doctor has verified that there is no structural damage.

Once the doctor gives you the "go ahead" to start rehabbing or he tells you to use the RICE protocol, then and only then should you start a sprained ankle rehab program.

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