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Show Tennis Ankle Is Menace Among Many Enthusiasts Visitors returning from the Riviera give alarming accounts of the prevalence prev-alence of enlarged ankles among tennis ten-nis enthusiasts. Lady players, they say, may be divided Into two groups ; taking remedial massage and thosa who are sending home for specially designed shoes. "It Is quite true that constant tennis ten-nis tends to thicken legs and ankles," a London foot specialist says, "the reason rea-son being that most sports shoes give no support to the instep. Consequently Consequent-ly the whole weight of the body Is thrown on the ankle joint. "Suzanne has not suffered because she has always worn specially designed de-signed shoes. Many professionals at Queen's and the Bath club wear shoes with shock-absorbers, which give the effect of walking on air." Players on grass courts are likely to suffer from tennis ankle, and the advice the specialist lays down Is, briefly : To fit the instep, rather than the length of the foot. To see that the heel grips tightly even before the shoe is laced. In default of specially designed shoes, to wear the ordinary plimsoll rather than the usual tennis shoe, because be-cause the former leaves the foot quite free. "The belief that dancing Is a corrective," cor-rective," he adds, "Is justified. Dancing Danc-ing Is the finest foot exercise possible, possi-ble, and strengthens all the Important muscles." |