Help I can't get up

[RogueM]

I know there is already a thread about falling off dance pads, but I am looking for a solution to the problem not asking if it has happened to anyone else.

I have the cobalt flux which is a good inch thick off the ground. I know that I am an idiot , but I get so into my dancing after a while I must get too close to the side and my foot gets half off and it rolls. Then I fall down and writhe around for 10 minutes, and end up spraining my ankle. To make matters worse I have done it not once but twice. i know this makes me an even bigger idiot. The last time I really thought I broke my ankle and went to the emergency room. It ended up being a really bad sprain. I limped on that thing a good while, and boy was it embarrassing to try to explain how I sprained my ankle playing a video game.

I am now able to play again but I am kinda scared of getting to close to the edge again. I am open to suggestions on how to safety proof my mat. I had thought of putting the foam inserts from my other mat around the sides so if I get too close i would be just stepping on those.

I think the problem is that I learned on the soft mat with socks and you can feel the raised places and if you step off no bigee cuz you are just 1 cm of the ground. Now I wear tennis shoes and can't feel anything.

Please help cuz all I can think of is falling off when I am playing.

[abrannan]

I roll my ankles on my ignition too... I think your best option is to put something along the sides of the pad to keep you from completely falling off.

[legend of croft]

i fall off the flux pad a lot too......i used to fall off my ignition too and i've seen my friends take diggers on my ignition pad too....i try to park the pad close to the recliner so i can't fall on that side.