Device and method for combining an athletic shoe and conventional ankle brace to limit active ankle inversion

An ankle inversion prevention device to be attached to a shoe, said shoe having a sole, and an upper attached thereto, with said upper further comprising an interior having medial and lateral walls, said device further comprising:

• a unitary flexible strap element of defined length having a first end and a second end;
• said strap element being affixable to at least one position within the upper of said shoe so as to be sandwiched between the wearers foot and the shoe upper, said strap element extends above the upper of the shoe, proximate the lateral side of the user's ankle;
• a first means of affixing said unitary strap element to proximate its first end and within the upper of said shoe;
• a second means of attaching said unitary strap element proximate its second end at a position on the lateral side of the user's lower leg separately from and above the upper of said shoe.

A device for use with a wearers shoe and ankle brace for limiting active ankle inversion, the shoe having a sole with an upper, an interior of which including medial and lateral walls and an interconnecting insole supporting surface, the ankle brace being secured about the wearers foot and extending above the ankle joint, said device comprising:

• an elongated and flexible strap having a first end and a second end;
• said first end being removably affixable at a first point on the medial interior wall of the shoe upper and extending in a generally three sided configuration downwardly along the medial wall, horizontally across the insole supporting surface, and upwardly along the lateral interior wall to a second point on the upper to which the strap is removably affixable;
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• said strap element extending upwardly from the lateral interior wall above the shoe and releasably engaging the ankle brace at an elevated lateral side location of the wearers leg.