ankle brace

In this era many athletes  use ankle brace to protect their ankle from injury , An ankle brace is a garment that is worn around the ankle to protect it or for immobilization while allowing it to heal. Ankle braces are used to immobilize the joint while providing heat and compression to the bones.whether ankle brace good for health? Let’s see on this essay and we will know people opinion about ankle brace.

Ankle brace is a garment that is worn around the ankle to protect it or for immobilization while allowing it to heal ,and prevent injury for athletes .basketball athletes are many use ankle brace the Most because this sport involves a lot of leg movements are sudden and with full force,The risk of ankle injuries in sports is relatively higher than in other sports.many people especially basketball athletes like use ankle brace because it easy to use and make they comfortable and prevent ankle injury.

Although effective in preventing sprained ankle, but there was concern that the use of ankle brace or ankle often referred to precisely trigger guard knee injury. Ankle brace is considered to restrict the movement of the ankle, so it can not compensate for the movement of the knee,but  the Concerns are now disproved by the results of the research Timothy A McGuine, sports health experts from the University of Wisconsin. The study, published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine involves around 1,500 athletes aged high school basketball. Among the 750 athletes who wear the ankle brace, only 27, who sprained his ankle. This suggests that these accessory effectively prevent ankle injuries, as in the group who did not wear the ankle brace 78 is twisted there.The risk of knee injury also did not experience significant improvement due to the use of the ankle brace. In the group who wear, knee injuries suffered by athletes while in the group of 15 who were not on the injury suffered by the 13 athletes.

 In other hand  the ankle brace is still difficult to make athletes move and hold their knees and increase the risk of injury to the knee, and that material is too hard , it is better advised to practice and warm up before the match started more leverage because it can reduce the effect of injury is more serious and more free to move even without ankle brace.

if you want to keep wearing ankle brace, consider the rules for use and maintenance, as well as recommended,choose good material, for every matches do not always wear the ankle brace because it will harm the knee due to a greater risk of injury, preferably warm up enough before the start of the match and stay focused on  match.

In conclusion  is that the ankle brace can prevent ankle injuries in basketball athletes and other athletes, however, reversed gains to wear ankle braces are also disadvantages that can add to the knee injury because detention on foot by the ankle ankle brace, it is better not to use the ankle brace every time a match, and maximally warm up before the game starts because it will be more effective in reducing injury to the ankle foot, and do not forget to stay focused because if just warming up before the match, the focus will not be a fatal injury to the ankle foot. Severe injury can make the player have to break from the match and spend the day in the hospital and lost a lot of time to practice. ankle brace use wisely because although it can help in preventing injuries could have been one bit or ignore the rules of use it will get even fatal injury.