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BY: JONAH BOTKIN ! FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Injured Ankles PAIN! PAIN! PAIN!PAIN When you hurt your ankle it really hurts? Here is some more information about hurt ankles. I am going to tell you about : what a sprain is, how you might hurt your ankle, signs of hurt ankles and how to treat hurt ankles in this article. I hope you learn something. What Is A Sprain? A sprain is a common exercise related injury. The definition of a sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament (which connects bone to bone). Later I will tell you about how you might sprain your ankle and how to treat them. How You Can Hurt Your Ankle Hurt ankles can occur when you are walking or running especially if you trip on or in something and come down on your ankle weird. Broken ankles can occur when you kick something that is hard very hard. Not wearing proper shoes or not replacing shoes when they start to wear out can also cause these injuries. HOW TO TREAT HURT ANKLES The most common way to treat hurt ankles is rest, ice, compression and elevation (RICE) and taking an over the counter medicine to help with painkilling and/or inflammation. After 1-2 days of this start gently stretching but don’t over do it. ! I hope you learned something about hurt ankles in this article. Did you? PAGE 1