In my Balance & Walking class last week, we discovered several people weren’t able to easily complete a self-challenging stand-from-sitting exercise because of limited ankle joint flexion. Whether from high heels, aging, or injury, ankles around the room were reducing their owners’ grace, strength, standing, and balance skills. Ankles were why students needed their hands and leaned forward to stand up out of chairs. When We Lose Balance it’s imperative that we have the abilit