Fitness Friday – Two Strategies for Improving Ankle Mobility

Kirk Adams, Director of Fitness at Golf & Body NYC, is back again this week answering another question from our Golf Podcast Facebook Group for this week’s Fitness Friday segment.

Here Kirk shows us two strategies for improving ankle mobility.

Two Strategies for Improving Ankle Mobility

Hey guys. It’s Fitness Friday! Joseph Ciliberti asked a great question about exercises to improve ankle dorsiflexion for the overhead deep squat assessment. Poor ankle mobility can not only limit us on this assessment, but it can effect our posture and ability to use the ground during our swing and cause pain and injury to our knees.

For more, here’s Kirk’s detailed explanation of this week’s fitness routine from the Facebook group:

“Joseph Ciliberti asked a great question about exercises to improve ankle dorsiflexion for the overhead deep squat assessment. Poor ankle mobility can not only limit us on this assessment, but it can effect our posture and ability to use the ground during our swing and cause pain and injury to our knees.

Today’s video shows 2 strategies for improving ankle mobility. First, I would recommend spending some time on a foam roller or with a massage stick. This should help improve the available mobility in that ankle.