Med Spec ASO Ankle Stabilizer

I purchased this for my father, he has polio in one leg due to which he has problem walking. But after using this ankle stabilizer he is doing much better while walking and his pain has also subsided. I am happy i purchased this for my father.

I have weak ankles and an MCL knee injury. This was recommended to help me get back into the sports I play - football and tennis. So far so good. Really good firm support around the ankle which in turn takes any undue pressure off my knee. I presumed it came as a pair, it's only one! I will likely buy another one. Very good support.

Daughter uses this for sports... She was borrowing one for a while, but we decided we needed to get her own. We went with the same one because she found that this one gave her alot more support than other ones that we have tried. Will likely buy another one so she can wear them on both feet.

Bought 2 white ankle braces and within 2 months they have both deteriorated as per photos. I am guessing ASO have outsourced their manufacturing as I have previously had these ankle braces and they lasted years. Compared to the older ones I have the new ones feel flimsy and cheap.Amazon have been great to deal with and offered a refund.

Update: Years later these are still great braces. I machine wash them and air dry them. I have enough PAIRS as I use on both feet together at the same time. I used to just use on my problem foot but turns out in my case after physical therapy identified problems I was having with other foot and leg through hip was created because of the YEARS of extra supporting with the good side. Really who knew? I didn't.Original Review:Well made compared to similar items others sell that look a lot like this brand. This comes in two styles one with side stablizers or stays and this one without. I bought this one without because my foot problem which has lead to an ankle problem has as much to do with the foot than it does the ankle itself. I don't roll my ankles as much as they are in a lot of pain due to foot surgery gone wrong in 2010. That led to the otuside arch failing and numbness and pain from ankle to end of foot on that side that has never improved. This brace definitely HELPS !!! so why not 5 stars as in according to Amazon LOVE IT. I hate it...just having to put the dang thing on is annoying. LOL. I find taking it off even more annoying. You pretty much have to unlace the whole thing to get it off your foot and then relace it the next day to put it on. Heaven forbid my (where wer those itty little violinists when you need them playing here...) take it off and on more than once a day for say swimming/showers/changing clothes or any number of good reasons to have to remove it and then put it back on. I say slightly with tongue in cheek because it does help. For some reason as soon as I began using it the day it arrived my whole leg has been in some kind of adjustmental pain and ache routine. Usually within an hour of walking about with it on that subsides. I bought the two in white because I hate black shoes in summer when the sun heats up the foot something awful. BUT white is going to be difficult to keep stain free so I thought I'd probably order a black one this fall as winter sets in and long pants are in fashion again...yeah BLACK would be fine..did I mention our three long haired shedding cats who's hair is attrracted to everything BLACK but especially to velcro...yeah. So the only real reasons I dock a star is the padded tongue is a tad cheap and I can not get the wrinkles out of the heal area along where you pull up the ribbon work. These creases and the lowest eyelets and extra layers of finishing fabric can be difficult ot keep flattened in your shoes to prevent pain due to this area digging in. I'm use to tightening my shoes to provide extra support to the ankle so in time I hope this will work itself out but for now I have to take a lot of care to get the shoes on over it. I use a shoe horn...one of the super long ones seems to work best. I do have to adjust it some days as it suggests might be the case by pulling up the side velcro supports. I also discovered I had to remove a layer of support I was used to using with this as the combination of support hose then normal but tight fitting sock than usual (a smart wool sock) along with yet another open toe support or arch band either one this last two had to go. It does of course widen your shoe compared to the other shoe but when your aim is RELIEF...it's a small compromise...or you can always where on both feet thinking of the good foot as in sympathy and showing support. It's a solid 4 stars maybe worthy of 5 but Amazon needs to come up with a new definition of what 5 stars means..yet now and again I LOVE something:))) May this help all you who seek it's help. BUT watch the price it jumps up and down by as much as doubling over night to only find it yet again for the under 20 I paid for it and for some odd ball reason the white and black choices on the same page may vary in price on any given day too. Not knowing if it would help I didn't want to spend 80 bucks on a pair of these...one and a spare for washing...after seeing just one day the price I'd put it in at 21 each had jumped to 39 and two days later I found it at less than the first day. Today it's 27 and change????? So for those who do care about their purse....and you have a few days to spend watching for the best deal I suspect you might be rewarded. I wouldn't have fussed with the 2 or 3 dollar variations but 100% was a bit over the top. (This was the same item as I tracked it only via my placed in order page and back and forth with some looking around. I think that is when I discovered they come with and without stays and I didn't need the additional stays I felt. You may however as no doubt many of the different folks seeking this product has almost as many different needs and reasons.(My story so to speak is I feel like I've been on a merry go round whirlwind all my life with that one mean kids act of unkindness. . I broke my foot in highschool after a creepy huge kid wearing work boots went out of his way to step hard on my foot and right in front of a teacher. Today that kid would be held responsible but back in the mid 60's not so much. Fast forward 40 and now more than 50 years later and that foot has had surgery due to bone pieces dislodging and moving into the foot bones themselves. But surgery went wrong itself. So low and behold my ANKLES on both feet are WEAK. WHY are they weak will in big part to wearing compression and ankle supports. I kid you not. (Some may have heard how bad it may be to wear a neck brace for more than a day or two because it causes ones neck muscles to weaken. It's the same context here.) So I've been attempting to strengthen my ankles without wearing these supports but now and again I have to include these jewels. But do pay attention folks if you only need a support for a short while make sure it's short as possible. If you have a chronic condtion such as mine make sure from the start you also include muscle building excercises for your ankle and calves. I'm paying for my ingnorance on this one and even though I do these excercises they haven't made up for all the years of wearing these or similar use of products.Now having said that I am also searching for an extension style that goes further up the leg and would be great if it went all the way to the knee. I haven't found anything to date. I found a collar of sorts that ties similar via grommets and laces but only goes about half way up the leg and seems to always be on back order here on Amazon. I am going to attempt to make my own pattern following this item to extend up my leg that I can tuck inside this foot wrap. I'll have to play around to get the size just so as of course our legs change shape throughout the calf up to the knee. I have severe edema which is chronic and these braces cause too much pooling as my PT specialist for that condition explains and possible more reason behind ankle weakness too. So the best solution is to counter intuitively extend on up the leg similar lacing but at graduated degrees of pressure. No my compression sleeves do not seem to manage this pooling as well as will the extention style garment. Anyway too bad they don't make this in a knee high version. I would sign up immediately. Now of course that means I will also need to continue to excercise to keep by ankle muscles strong and my calf muscles too and possibly face knee isses next.By the way I did not know the kid and he was an upper classman a Junior I think to my freshman. I so sympathize with children who are bullied. I am thrilled when I hear a school takes a stand against this as a child growing up in MT mostly rural schools and even the city schools like Bozeman and Billings I saw way too much cruel bullying going on and tolerated as in they all looked the other way. Today many still do but many have stepped up and took notice and attempt to punish those who should be held responsible and help lookout for those who have been hurt emotionally and physically both.)

Got this for my daughter for Volleyball season. She wears it all the time as she's in middle school volleyball and club. It has held up nicely and still works well.