Megan Lee
English 200
The Controversy on What Ankle Braces Really do for You
Most athletes have been through some sort of tragic injury; whether it was a broken bone, sprained joint, tearing your ACL, etc. Depending on the doctor you see for this injury, your rehab varies. Some doctors will give you a brace to wear while your injury is healing, some will not. So I propose this question: how does wearing a brace after you have recovered affect your joints?
An ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries among athletes in all sports, which is why I chose to focus on ankle bracing and taping specifically. An ankle sprain can happen many different ways, but the most common way for it to happen is by landing and forcing your ankle …show more content…
Specifically, ACL injuries are the ones most concentrated on. ACL injuries often happen when one lands a jump or is cutting direction (Arendt et al., 1999). ACL surgery is much more expensive and takes a lot more time to heal than a sprained or broken ankle. Based on my previous knowledge and experience in the field, I know that when wearing an ankle brace or tape negatively impacts your athletic abilities by restricting range of motion in your ankle and because of that limiting the movement allowed in the knee as well, increasing risks for knee …show more content…
In this, 15 athletes jumped and were observed and measured the angles of their legs by replaying film taken of them doing so (Hopper, McNair, Elliott 1999). While bracing and taping significantly decreases the amount of ankle injuries, it also increases the amount of knee injuries because of a lack of range of motion that the athlete is used to having in the ankle. From the results of their tests, they found that when wearing an ankle brace, or tape makes no difference, but to instead use personal preference (Hopper, McNair, Elliott
English 200
The Controversy on What Ankle Braces Really do for You
Most athletes have been through some sort of tragic injury; whether it was a broken bone, sprained joint, tearing your ACL, etc. Depending on the doctor you see for this injury, your rehab varies. Some doctors will give you a brace to wear while your injury is healing, some will not. So I propose this question: how does wearing a brace after you have recovered affect your joints?
An ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries among athletes in all sports, which is why I chose to focus on ankle bracing and taping specifically. An ankle sprain can happen many different ways, but the most common way for it to happen is by landing and forcing your ankle …show more content…
Specifically, ACL injuries are the ones most concentrated on. ACL injuries often happen when one lands a jump or is cutting direction (Arendt et al., 1999). ACL surgery is much more expensive and takes a lot more time to heal than a sprained or broken ankle. Based on my previous knowledge and experience in the field, I know that when wearing an ankle brace or tape negatively impacts your athletic abilities by restricting range of motion in your ankle and because of that limiting the movement allowed in the knee as well, increasing risks for knee …show more content…
In this, 15 athletes jumped and were observed and measured the angles of their legs by replaying film taken of them doing so (Hopper, McNair, Elliott 1999). While bracing and taping significantly decreases the amount of ankle injuries, it also increases the amount of knee injuries because of a lack of range of motion that the athlete is used to having in the ankle. From the results of their tests, they found that when wearing an ankle brace, or tape makes no difference, but to instead use personal preference (Hopper, McNair, Elliott