[Jasonny5895]

After almost every time I spar it seems I sprain my ankle. Ive been traing for rougly 2 years Ive fought in 2 exhibitions.

I am aware I should be landing on my shin, but due to the fact that im a southpaw my round house often nicks back leg or lands awkwardly causing sprains. Im trying to get in fight shape but constantly am slowed down by this. I already use ankle support and recovery methods.

any thoughts

[T.J.T]

You might want to see if you can strengthen your ankle before you keep kicking with it. Ankle sprains are often worse then a ankle break, even more so with high ankle sprains. They tent to linger forever.

If you are able to run and move on it i would go to physio and see if they have some drills you can do, but try to avoid hard contact on it for a while, and again physio can give you a better idea when they diagnose you because a ankle sprain can be anything from a week or two, too a couple months. Gl!

[Jasonny5895]

Yea I was kind of afraid that time off would be the answer, but its probably better, than sparring once, and sitting out 3 ratio Ive been doing, due to constant sprains.

I will look into the pt to strengthen ankle as well. I have been getting the problem in both ankles, so I would like to give them both treatment to ensure this doesnt keep happening in future

[Cool Hand Luke]

rest it for sure - but you may just sufffer from inherently weak ankles

are you a heavy lad?

[Jasonny5895]

Im actually 205, but quite lean for a light HW and was offered a fight at 185 but had to pass because my conditioning was off because of this constant nonsense.

I played football competatively my whole life from 9-22 (im 27 now) maybe all the wear and tear is just catching up to me, or as you stated maybe I just have weak ankles to begin with but did not have this problem throught my highschool and college football career, but muay thai is much rougher on ankles than football in my experience.

All the sprains are on the top inside part of the ankle, if that is indicative of anything

[Cool Hand Luke]

one thing i've learned from muay thai is injuries come back much easier than any other sport i've played - i'm also currently 205 and was asked to fight this year.

im too old to get hurt on purpose

[millasur]

Originally Posted by T.J.T

You might want to see if you can strengthen your ankle before you keep kicking with it.

Bands FTW. Seriously work on your ligaments man. If they dont work properly you will b pretty fuked for a long time, spoke 2 so many people with ankle injuries (serious ones) and they say it's never the same again.

[legomydiego]

shit. i had a BAD ankle sprain/dislocation last year (non training related)..i was in a cast for 10 weeks. sat out of bjj for a few months but have been back for a while and it feels ok. but i just started a muay thai class. Am i just asking for trouble with re-injuring that ankle?

[Jasonny5895]

Originally Posted by legomydiego

shit. i had a BAD ankle sprain/dislocation last year (non training related)..i was in a cast for 10 weeks. sat out of bjj for a few months but have been back for a while and it feels ok. but i just started a muay thai class. Am i just asking for trouble with re-injuring that ankle?

In my opinion, if your recovering from ankle injury, focus on your hands and your boxing. Sparring and kicking those thai pads, is brutal on ankles.

I guess I should listen to my own advice, its just im so close to fight shape and I hate taking off another 3 months. I havent fought in over a year and im feening to challenge myself again. UUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHH so frustrating

[NinjaKilla187]

Originally Posted by millasur

Bands FTW. Seriously work on your ligaments man. If they dont work properly you will b pretty fuked for a long time, spoke 2 so many people with ankle injuries (serious ones) and they say it's never the same again.

Exactly. Once you've had a few bad sprains those ligaments get stretched out and you are much more prone to sprains.

Its a bummer.