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Who has any information on Flax Seed Oil??  I'm bout to start looking at it to see what its for (I thought it helped with joint lubrication but could be completely wrong) but I'm going to start googling it asking around, because I want to get my ankle as healthy as its going to get for the summer and outdoor basketball when I get a chance to

Thru FBook messages and Youtube messages I talked to him a while back (before he was working with VF) he seemed to have some solid ideas, and I know 1 of the things he tends to stress in his Youtube vids (seems to be) that he actually does work as a Trainer or S&C Coach. Would love to hear about it as well.  When I 1st saw his vid on using the isometrics (band off to the side, balancing) I incorporated it into my workout.

Yeah at least start there or I'm guessing a lot of them are on Youtube also, its almost best if you have a friend kind of watching just to try and tell u what it is that your doing even if they can't interpret it, for example O/head squat, arms falling forward (almost everyone), heels coming off the ground really quickly, feet trying to roll in along with knees caving in, OR feet rolling out and knees pushing out.  In line lunge is a lot about balancing in that position, and hip flexor on the rear leg.  Straight leg raise, is a lot of hamstring flexibility as u can imagine.

Functional Movement Screen - Overhead squat/In-line Lunge/Seated Roatation (not as important)/Laying Straight Leg Raise.  The majority of these you can find online through Youtube, or google Gray Cook FMS.  If you could film/take pics I could interpret or help, there's basically a whole bunch you can learn from this.  Overhead squat look at, low back position (arch/rounded) feet/ankles (pronate/heels come up).  Thats where I'd start.

this vid, ironically, is hosted on http://youtube.com/xtremetrainingsystem...

XTREMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE BOX JUMPPPPPPPPPPPZZZZZZZ VALGUZZZZZ

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7YGILcfl6k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7YGILcfl6k</a>

I actually know his brother (thru Facebook - Ryan Englebert ETS Gym) he has a lot of similar vids on his Youtube, (crazy high box jumps) apparently they get good results with their athletes (HS getting ready for college and College prepping for pro days/combine) from the times I've talked with them they're pretty smart, pretty basic Westside style routines that are used (I have Ryan's program from a while back).  His brother wanted to 1) use me as a testimonial when I got results using his program, but then of course I busted my ankle (see quitters/graveyard thread), and 2) he wanted me to help him put a golf specific program together (a while back).

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtgC6Hfiai8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtgC6Hfiai8</a>

awesome boxjump at the end!

 Histerical

Instead of "jacking" his thread I figured I'd quote it and rant about it on mine.

In response to a certain journaler's account of a recent ankle tweak, I began to write this semi-coherent rant. And then I decided that it actually applies to a bunch of people around here, including me. So instead of singling out said journaler, here's a new thread:

The most important thing when recovering from a connective tissue injury is to REST THE FUCKING TISSUE THAT GOT INJURED.

Even Andrew "Rest is for pussies" Darqui is resting his toe now, kind of. Tendons and ligaments heal slowly and take time to recover their former strength (if they recover it fully at all) once they're healed. So if you sprain your knee or your ankle or your wrist: Stop playing basketball! Stop shooting jumpers! Stop doing anything that makes you plant on it or rely on it for reactive movements! Slowly reintegrate strengthening and balancing exercises once pain begins to subside! But don't push them too hard too fast!

DO NOT FUCKING RUSH, YOU WILL ONLY FUCK YOURSELF HARDER IN THE LONG TERM.

You're a recreational athlete. Just like me and almost everyone else on this forum. Therefore, you have absolutely no excuse to rush. And if/when you do rush, and you re-injure yourself, there are only two possible outcomes:

• Your recovery takes even longer than it would have otherwise, or
• You end up injuring yourself badly enough to cause long-term pain/damage.

It may sound a twinge hypocritical of me to say this after such a post, but relax. Let your body heal itself. You can always get back to playing basketball or jumping or sprinting or lifting later. The gym isn't going anywhere, the track isn't going anywhere, the hoop isn't going anywhere.

Makes sense, I wish I knew that years ago, cuz now I'm at that point where the damage to my ankle is "long term", I prob could get surgery, but that's even a 50/50 chance of any success (micro-fracture) because now there's some "bone defect"/maybe growth defect that's causing the issue (I heard from a med school student, and a practicing PT).
Reason I mention it after this post is because when I "sprained" my ankle initially back in June '10, it was around 6 - 8 weeks after coming off a "minor" sprain, and I was just getting back into not wearing my ankle brace (not that the ankle brace would've helped much), but if I rested and did more of my "integrated" training (some may consider it functional) I would probably not be in this position.  Damn.

no idea, like light ankle sprain about 9 months ago sicne then it has never healed fullly, i get pain when dorsiflex it a certain amount or invert it past a certain point.

Really can't help too much, the ankle is prob the only bodypart that I can't diagnose somewhat accurately, if I had to guess at this point I'd say 1 of those "itis's" but yeah mine was about 7 months ago at this point, and I honestly have no clue what to do about mine, and the more I learn about it the more confused I get.

is the pain you feel when in dorsiflexion at the top of your foot....near the start of your leg...cant explain...say L is your leg the pain is felt on the inside of the right angle of the L? dont know if that made sense?

i have this when i dorsiflex too much now due to my ankle injury(dislocation), basically its damage to anterior of the ankle/tallus which is jamming up my ROM in dorsiflexion...its not too bad i can squat/jump/run pain free mostly but at first it was bad....he suggested heel pads for a few weeks to reduce the amount of dorsiflexion so further damage didnt occur...and then the pain had mostly gone after this.

sorry if this is completely off topic to your injury i just read the last post and it sounds similar to what i had/have

I been there done that for years I dealt with it after really bad Phys Therapy, had tons and tons of PTs since then "mobilize it" literally kinda crack it back into place, which feels incredible, but never lasts.  It just requires tons and tons of soft tissue work such as foam roll, mobilizations (look up ankle mobilizations on Youtube, there are a lot of them) and compliment all of that with some really good physical therapy/AT (Athletic Trainers) and u have a chance.  This ankle that got jammed up was the 1 that I now have the worse damage to.  It kinda sucks...  Check that, it sucks horrendously.  I used to joke with people at my work, that I'd give ALMOST anything to get a few days back with my ankle at full health. (I'm a personal trainer/S&C Coach, and have worked with tons and tons of Physical Therapists, between PT facilities within the gyms, and just been through multiple stints of PT for my ankles over the years).

I just mentioned under my make-shift journal (under the graveyards and quitters), that I'm going to be looking into and trying a more "homeopathic" route for my ankle since its going to be quite some time before I get to meet with a specialist (work schedule and insurance plan).  I was talking with a massage therapist at 1 of the gyms, and I was asking his opinion, and he told me use iodine (apparently there's 2 kinds/colors) and make a "weave" using Q-Tips (of the iodine's if its not implied) over the ankle over the tendons and ligaments around the area affected.  Do that and also he mentioned taking fish oil, and I on my own started taking some glucosamine, and I'm also going to start trying contrast baths for my ankle (going from hot to ice cold), just to see what happens, because I figure I can't make it any worse, so maybe this will help it a little bit.