An ankle-bracing apparatus has a support plate curved to fit on the medial aspect of a user's lower leg, a shoe having a sole, a medial side, a lateral side and a vertical extension attached on the medial side, presenting a pivot point near an uppermost end, a strut extending downward from the medial side of the support plate with a fastener near a lowermost end joined pivotally to the pivot point on the vertical extension, a lateral strut extending vertically on the lateral side of the shoe, in line with the user's lateral malleola, a strap buckle secured at an upper end of the lateral strut, presenting a laterally extending opening, and a strap arrangement joining the strap buckle to a first and a second anchor point on the medial side of the curved support plate.
