Hurt ankle during basketball.?!
Question: Hurt ankle during basketball..?
iI hurt my ankle while playing basketball and I jumped up and when i landed It hurt and there was a sharp pain for like 5-10 minutes. Like impossible to walk. It kinda hurts too walk but not too much. It only hurts when i run like continuously and when i lean my left foot out. I can feel the pain. Did I roll it, Sprain it or what happened.?Health Question & Answer
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I am the king of ankle injuries from my love of basketball. If you can still walk, even with pain, then you definitely did not inflict more damage then a regular sprain. You probably landed on someone else's foot and tweaked your ankle to get sprained. Keep it elevated when you sleep and ice it to numb the pain. Accupunctures have been great as well to speed up the process as well. What you want to do to prevent this from happening again is warm up and strengthen your ankle. Since you sprained your ankle you are doomed to sprain it again. You want to strengthen your ankle by rotating your ankle a lot and warming it up before and after you play basketball. I tore my ligaments on my left ankle, and a great excercise to do is right the alphabet with your feet, rotating them to the fullest. also what you want to do is put pressure on your ankles, almost spraining them, but not to the extent. By putting pressure on your ankles by almost spraining it is a good way to warm them up and strengthen your ankles before and after you play basketball and to prevent ankle injuries from happening. Health Question & Answer