Should I do heavy squats with an ankle injury?...

[BZeto]

...Even if it only hurts when I rotate it a certain way? Standing flat footed it feels absolutely fine. Still, I don't want to risk it and lengthen recovery.

 

[DeckardBlade]

If you're seeing a Dr. or physical therapist for the injury you really should run that by them.

Re-aggravating an injury sucks even worse than the initial injury, just more downtime in the long run.

 

[brikis98]

How bad of an ankle injury? How healed is it? How is your mobility? Does it hurt to do air squats?

 

[BZeto]

How bad of an ankle injury? How healed is it? How is your mobility? Does it hurt to do air squats?

Nope, doesn't hurt. I think I'm going to start with some light weight squats and work my way up.

 

[mizzou]

i had a sore wrist from dequervians tendinitis and my doctor said, "you can't make it any worse, have at it"

wrist is fine, although I have limited mobility

 

[eits]

i say yes. depending on the injury, i think it would help strengthen the ankle.

 

[brikis98]

Nope, doesn't hurt. I think I'm going to start with some light weight squats and work my way up.

Warm up thoroughly and go for it. Do lots of light warm-up sets to make sure it feels ok and if you don't feel any pain, gradually bump the weight up to your work sets.

 

[Whisper]

Warm up thoroughly and go for it. Do lots of light warm-up sets to make sure it feels ok and if you don't feel any pain, gradually bump the weight up to your work sets.

If it helps at all, I had a mild ankle sprain/twist/whatever a couple weeks back, and squats were actually one of the few leg exercises that didn't hurt. Definitely follow brikis's advice and warm-up thoroughly to test it out, though.

 

[spamsk8r]

If it doesn't hurt, go for it. If it does hurt, take it easy.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Burn the pain out and lift heavy imo.