[Tobra]

Okay those shoes suck. Like Zeke says, hard sole boots that lace up. He is old, he has wisdom for those with the sense to listen. Marv also makes a good point, you can get the velcro top ones like the hero stole in The Terminator.

I like the Bauerfeind one better of those two braces. Sugarwood has a link to a decent looking one too.

There is nothing like tape though, which is why pro athletes get taped, which can be rough on the skin.

What is it you are trying to do that you can't, are you still bebopping wound construction sites? Have you ever had it evaluated? It sounds like something that would lend itself to treatment using physical therapy, but you will need a referral to see them.

In the mean time, there are a few tricks you can do. Imagine your big toe is a piece of chalk, and you are going to write out the alphabet on an imaginary chalk board in the air, or do circles in the air with your toe, clockwise and counter clockwise.

Sit where you can rest your heel on the floor near something solid, like a door frame, idea is to gently push the outside and inside of your foot on the door frame to strengthen the muscles that move your foot. None of these antics should be uncomfortable to perform, aside from muscle cramps perhaps.

The ligaments at the outside of the ankle are probably gone. They do more than provide stability. They also allow you to sense the foot twisting the wrong way, so you can react to avoid injury. You need to retrain your body to pick up on where your foot is relative to your leg.