Occurs when the calf merges with an obese or swollen ankle
Definition in the Urban Dictionary is:  ”the area in affected females where the calf meets the foot.â€
Gold’s Gym definition: “when the calf merges with an obese or swollen ankle.”
What Causes Cankle?
Heredity: It runs in the family.
Obesity and overweight: too much of fat in your body may make its way to the south of the knee.
Pregnancy
Say Good-Bye to Cankle:
I know people with cankles are afraid to wear skirts and a nice pair of designer shoes. Getting rid of you Cankles is possible and may not take as long as you think. Don’t worry, just follow these steps from experts’ ways to prevent, treat and minimize the appearance of cankles.
Workout
These powerful exercises will improve and lengthen your calves, giving you the appearance of slimmer, sculpted ankles. For the fastest results, do this routine three times a week.
Stand behind a chair with hands on back of chair for support. Move up and down on your tip toes, doing 25-30 reps building up to 3-5 sets of each. Weights can also be added to reps of calf raises as tolerated.
Calk Raise
Stand on a stair with your heels hanging off. Carefully rise up onto your toes, pause briefly, then lower back down to the starting position. Move up a step and repeat.
Leg Press Calf Raise
Go to the Gym and set the machine to a challenging but doable resistance. Sit on the seat, with toes planted shoulder-width apart on the footplate, heels hanging over. Press up up onto your toes, pause briefly, and then lower your heels until fully extended. To work your calves one at a time, simply cross one leg over the other.
Modified Shoulder Press
Holding a pair of dumbbells at your shoulders, bend at the hips and knees until your butt is just off the floor. Still in a squat, rise onto your toes. Push the weights overhead until arms are straight but elbows aren’t locked, then lower them. Stay on your toes for the remaining reps.
Your Diet
Drink Plenty of Water
Should start planning a healthy diet low in sodium, calories, sugar and fat.
Drink lots of water. The rich in sodium can cause water retention in ankles and legs.
Reduce Drinking Alcohol
Ankle Liposuction
The result from ankle liposuction has proven that the risks are very low and also the procedure is safe and has a quick recovery time. For more information about plastic surgery please visit ThaiMed about cankle liposuction medical tours.
What to Wear
In the mean time, if you want your legs to look sexy as possible here are some choices for to add to your wardrobe:
This is called “Adema” and it could possibly be caused by high blood pressure, eating too much food with salt, anemia, and/or poor circulation. You should see a Doctor. Once you’ve ruled out health problems, then excercise, etc.
The condition is called edema. The previous writer is correct in that this condition can be caused by any number of medical conditions, such as poor circulation. It is simply an abnormal amount of fluid build up in any part of the body, in this case the ankles. Proper diet, possible medical intervention and exercise will all help.
Yeah mine’s due to heredity. I hate them I’m trying my best to get rid of them but when I do they just come back. Exercise is only a temporary solution to the on going problem. –’
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This is called “Adema” and it could possibly be caused by high blood pressure, eating too much food with salt, anemia, and/or poor circulation. You should see a Doctor. Once you’ve ruled out health problems, then excercise, etc.
The condition is called edema. The previous writer is correct in that this condition can be caused by any number of medical conditions, such as poor circulation. It is simply an abnormal amount of fluid build up in any part of the body, in this case the ankles. Proper diet, possible medical intervention and exercise will all help.
Chalk it up to HEREDITY (all my cousins have chankles) and FLAT FEET (lack of foot arches).
Cankles are due to HEREDITY (all my cousins have them, too) and FLAT FEET.
Yeah mine’s due to heredity. I hate them I’m trying my best to get rid of them but when I do they just come back. Exercise is only a temporary solution to the on going problem. –’