Ankle brace

An ankle brace comprising first and second elongated body members which are contoured to lie along opposite sides of an ankle,

• each of said first and second body members including
• a layer of substantially compliant and substantially inextensible material having top and bottom ends, an inner surface facing inwardly when the body member is applied to an ankle, and an outer surface facing outwardly when the body member is applied to an ankle,
• and an elongated stay,
• said stay being anchored to said outer surface of said layer at locations near the top and bottom ends of said layer and at a further location approximately midway between the anchored locations near the top and bottom ends of said layer and being unattached to said layer along those portions of the length of said stay that are intermediate said anchored locations, said stay being bendable along its length dimension by hand at least in the region thereof which is unattached to said layer and disposed between its bottom and midpoint anchored locations to said layer to effect recontouring of its respective body member to a cupped geometry at least in the region thereof between the bottom and midpoint anchored locations of said stay to said layer,
• strap means for securing said body members on opposite sides of an ankle,
• further strap means having first and second ends and being suitable to pass beneath the arch of a foot on which the brace is applied and upwardly therefrom along the opposite sides of the foot,
• means releasably anchoring said first and second ends of said further strap means to the outer surface of respective ones of said first and second body members at selectable vertically spaced locations.