Exercises for knee & ankle stability

[Pes Planus]

As the title suggests...
Does anybody know any good exercises for knee and/or ankle stability & balance?
Thanks for the help!

Pes

 

[Footsie]

I thought this youtube vid had some good ideas:

Pistol squats (one-legged squats) and general one-legged balancing would also be helpful, I think. Hope this is useful.

 

[BFwillie_g]

Nice video up there ^^

I think barefoot walking/running takes care of ankle strength pretty well w/o any extra exercises, but the quads support the knees and really need to be worked on separately.

@Pes Planus - I'm wondering ... who were you rooting for last night?

 

[Pes Planus]

Cheers guys!

Bfwillie, obvs Munich - Chelseas is an English club after all

 

[scedastic]

wobble board! just bought one and they are fun.

 

[jldeleon]

Nice video up there ^^

I think barefoot walking/running takes care of ankle strength pretty well w/o any extra exercises, but the quads support the knees and really need to be worked on separately.

@Pes Planus - I'm wondering ... who were you rooting for last night?

I thought this too, but, even though I do trail running -which you would think would really strengthen my ankles/knees- there are certain muscles that just don't get exercised. I have decided I am going to start doing these, cuz it's a movement that does not happen often, so therefore will increase strength in my ankles/knees in different ways.

http://teamdoctorsblog.com/2012/05/16/video-tutorial-167-side-shuffle/

 

[Barefoot Gentile]

I second the wobble board! It's works great.