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who here has sprained one (or both) of their ankle(s)?

By beanie | 7 posts, last post
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beanie

I just sprained my right ankle last week, which means no running for a while. Anybody else? I'd love to hear your stories!

I never knew how easily a sprain could happen... 8O

HYPERASHEL

i lost count how many times my ankles have been sprained. i used to run CC in High School, and i'd say running on the tree root is not reccomened.

quite a few happenned in my Army days too.
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Guest

ouch...yeah. tree roots are brutal.

i did something moderately dumb....i ran in the dark on uneven pavement....
live and learn, right?

i was also wondering....
how did you know when you could get back out there? :wiggle:

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Gogirlgo

Um, I'm pretty sure I'm the hands-down winner on this matter. PM me and I'd be happy to help you. These guys have it heard it all ad nauseum.
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kristin31

I've sprained them, ripped ligaments, cracked bones...my ankles are horrible. Arthritis now too boot (and I'm NOT that old!)
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duathlon

I played hoops in college... my ankles have been sprained/turned so many times that I can turn one and be fine. I mostly landed on somebodys foot and turned mine. Now a days I do not sprain my ankles becasue I guess the tendons are very weak and flexible. Things got so bad that I would turn my ankle while waliking in my sandals. I have a sneaky suspicion that I pronate because of this. Train light during your recovery period. Try writing alphabets or 1-100 using your foot. Really helps your ankle and shin strength. It helped me regain strength and gave me relief from shin splints.
-D
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Guest

this is idiotic..... cross-country practice, a short run the day before my first meet... since there was cable guys glaring at me and my friend, we decided to skip :umno: to give them something to stare at.... well, some id**t decided to use gravel to decorate the area surrounding their mail box, and some had made it's way onto the sidewalk... as you could guess, i landed on a piece of it, & hit the ground so hard that i rolled into the street and got bloody.... i wasn't embarrassed though...as soon as i mananged to get up (and figured out i hurt my ankle because it hurt like **** to stand on it) i was laughing... to this day i refuse to skip...

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Davo

I completely tore up my right ankle about 3.5 years ago. It took 12-18 months before there was only minimal hint of pain in it. I didn't rehab the greatest and still ran/played basketball on it in pain, but it was a terrible sprain nonetheless. The ironic thing about that sprain is that the day I took the brace off, I did the same thing to my left ankle. I took much better care of that injury and the recovery time was more like 2 months.

I still twist and turn them from time to time, but I haven't done anything as bad as those two sprains since then.
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