DonJoy Performance POD Ankle Brace, Best Support for Stability, Ankle Sprain, Roll, Strains for Football, Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, Volleyball - Small - Left - Black

I've been shopping around for an ankle foot brace and decided to try this because it's so different from the typical ones. Definitely easy to put on, fits easily (I have a relatively skinny ankle measuring 7 3/4 in with foot size mens 9.5), comfortable and fits inside of shoes. I wear it with a compression sock or sleeve underneath for a good fit. Some regular athletic socks seemed too fluffy or didn't quite stay put as well.Does it work? Depends on what you need... the POD brace allows for a flexible range of motion which makes it great to wear easily with your existing shoes if you're prone to rolling and spraining your ankles but otherwise functional and not injured. But it's not literally bracing your ankle if you have weak ankles. It's preventing ankle rolls/sprains because it limits the possible motion of your foot rolling inwards and keeps your foot aligned. I appreciated that there's still some range of motion so that I could wear the brace without my foot atrophying from being overly restricted unnecessarily.I don't have a sprain in this case however. I have posterior tibial tendonitis and just broke an accessory navicular bone (blah chronic injuries), so no this brace is NOT for my PTTD. I've been searching for something that supports the navicular bone where the posterior tibial tendon attaches in the arch closer towards the heel than most plantar fasciitis options support. This brace fortunately covers that spot and is almost rigid. It makes up the the difference between my navicular bone and orange Superfeet orthotic (for when I'm active) so I have rigid, full contact support right at my problem area. I'm also wearing a compression sock/sleeve underneath the brace so this whole franken orthotic situation gives me the most flexibility depending on if I'm just walking around casually or being active. My doctor was so uninterested my chronic, open-ended problem so I hope this review can help somebody out there.

This ankle brace feels great. Stabelizes my ankle but is not as bulky as my old knee high brace was. Just what I was looking for! Thanx.

I really wanted to love this. I have hEDS and my ankles like to roll on me. It feels great around my ankle. But the part that goes around my foot I couldn’t get sized right. Small was too small, medium was too big. They could use some extra size options to make the fit more tailored.

Best ankle braces for athletes. I am a skydiver and kept spraining my ankles landing on rough terrain. I have put more than 500 jumps on these bad boys (I have one for each ankle) and they are durable. I needed stability but also something with a good range of motion, breathable and comfortable. My feet don’t get too hot wearing them 12 hours on hot Texas summer days and I haven’t sprained my ankle since I started using them.

I was hoping that the product would help me avoid foot supination, however its soft part does not help with this

The box was open.Look very old comped to the other one that I got for my right ankle.Look used. Shame as I need it to send it like this.

These are the most comfortable, stable yet breathable braces I have ever worn !! I have had dozens of rolled and sprained ankles , worn all the braces and these braces have been life changing! I love to be barefoot - so these braces have been perfect- I don’t know how they would be wearing shoes with them but as far as walking around barefoot they are superior to anything else ! I’ve been wearing them for months now every single day on both ankles and they have been holding up great to the where in tear I’ve been busy

I was happy to find a product to help my chronic ankle instability, but now I am disappointed that I haven't been able to fit this in to my shoe for walking , this bulky design needs to be considered if you buy this product