How to use this single-leg stand tracker
How long you can hold a single-leg stand is easy to record the same way at home. Enter your left and right times with eyes open and with eyes closed, and you get the left-right gap in each condition, the averages, and the difference between the two conditions. Stop the clock when your raised foot touches down or your standing foot shifts, and repeat visits stay comparable.
The maths is subtraction and averaging, and times are rounded to whole seconds for display. No reference time or grade is included: no authoritative standard for reading a home single-leg hold as an ankle condition is published, and footwear, floor and where you fix your gaze all move the result. Holding for less time with eyes closed is a common outcome, so keep the two conditions separate (reviewed October 2026).
This test can end in a fall. Keep a wall, table or chair back within arm's reach, stand barefoot or on a non-slip surface, and have someone beside you rather than testing alone if your balance is shaky. This page is not a medical assessment. If your ankle hurts, rolls often, or feels unstable under load, see a clinician regardless of the times.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page gives no reference time. No authoritative standard for reading a home single-leg hold as an ankle condition is published, so only the side and condition gaps are calculated.
They are better read separately. Holding for less time with eyes closed is common, so compare each condition against its own earlier results.
Yes. It means your foot touched down at once and is used as entered. If your ankle rolls repeatedly or hurts, see a clinician.