The Aircast Boot Which Could Help Rooney on the Road to Recovery

GUILDFORD, England, March 31, 2010 - The space age looking Aircast walking boot being worn by Wayne Rooney is
designed to speed up recovery and provide faster return to full fitness. With
just 10 weeks to go before the kick-off of the South African World Cup,
Rooney could be back to full fitness, assuming the injury is a simple ankle
sprain. Back in 2006, Rooney wore the same Aircast boot just 6 weeks before
the German World Cup, after he fractured his 4th metatarsal which aided his
miraculous recovery.

Aircast manufacturers DJO commented that the boot uses patented high tech
air-cells that massage swelling away from the ankle. This massaging effect
increases blood flow to help remove toxins from the damaged tissues and is
clinically proven to speed up recovery. This is unlike a plaster cast that
simply immobilises the ankle. The Aircast boot allows the wearer to keep
mobile and that means muscle wastage (atrophy) is kept to an absolute
minimum, helping a faster return to full fitness.

Back in 2002 David Beckham fractured his 2nd metatarsal just 8 weeks
before the Japanese World Cup, and using the same Aircast walking boot, he
was able to play in the later stages of the competition. The Aircast boot has
been used by many top sports people, and combined with other therapies and
top class physiotherapy, the time taken to return to fitness, and the rates
of recurrence of injury has been reduced.

Rooney also needed the Aircast boot following the fracture of his 5th
metatarsal (his little toe) in the quarter-finals of the Euro 2004 v
Portugal, where England were knocked out on penalties at the hands of the
'winker' Cristiano Ronaldo.

For further information, visit www.aircast.com or for a quote from a foot and ankle expert, please call Belinda Boyd at 20-20 PR on +44(0)1793-780780 or +44(0)7831-488777 or email belindaboyd at 2020pr.com.