{"product_id":"ankle-brace-with-rigid-side-stays-adjustable-wrap","title":"Ankle Brace with Rigid Side Stays – Adjustable Wrap","description":"\u003cp\u003eA soft \u003cstrong\u003eankle brace\u003c\/strong\u003e can squeeze. It cannot resist. Push the ankle out to the side and stretchy fabric simply travels with it — which is fine for warmth, and does almost nothing for control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one has two moulded stays, one down each side, each sitting in its own fabric pocket beside the ankle bone rather than on top of it. They are stiff front-to-back and flexible up-and-down, so the ankle brace lets you point and flex your foot normally while giving sideways movement something solid to push against. That is the entire design in a sentence, and it is why this ankle brace feels different in the first ten steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything else adjusts. A wide band closes around the top of the ankle brace first, then one long strap crosses the top of the foot, passes under the arch and comes back up the other side in a figure-8. Two independent pulls, which means the cuff can be firm while the foot strap stays gentle, or the reverse — and you can change your mind at lunchtime without taking the ankle brace off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heel is left open on purpose. A closed heel is what makes a neoprene ankle brace hot and what stops it sitting flat inside a shoe. With the heel out, the ankle brace bends where your foot bends, air gets to the one part of the foot that sweats most, and there is nothing bunched under the back of your shoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size covers 26 to 37 cm of ankle circumference and the brace stands 19 cm tall, which takes in most adults. Being straight about it: if you fall outside that range there is no second size to move to. That is the trade-off for an ankle brace that adjusts continuously rather than in fixed steps, and it is worth knowing before you order rather than after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt fits either foot — the strap crosses whichever way you send it — and it is one ankle brace per order, not a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winslow Lane","offers":[{"title":"One Size","offer_id":43304392130637,"sku":"WL-ANKST-OneSize","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4445\/6781\/files\/2e1e21916e7746d1f2ae6a36b6dfc472.png?v=1784927703","url":"https:\/\/www.winslowlane.com\/products\/ankle-brace-with-rigid-side-stays-adjustable-wrap","provider":"Winslow Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}