Work on your balance to avoid ankle sprains
As you heft the suitcase, drag the trash or kick that ball, beach thank your ankles. The largest ever study of sprains reported that nearly half of those seen in the emergency occur at home. The rest occur while playing sports. But it is almost as easy to twist your ankle in place (this is a departure from) the negotiation of a sidewalk because it is dribbling down the basketball court.
Practice a few balancing acts every day is to prevent smart, because moves that require you to stand up to help maintain muscle as you age.(Loss of muscle is a more important cause of loss of balance even B-12 deficiency.) Balancing exercises also improve your proprioception - that's how you know where body parts are without looking.
