Sprain
noun
An injury to the ligament in the joint.
I got a sprain in my ankle while playing basketball yesterday.
Often appears as...
- ankle sprain
- wrist sprain
verb
To injure a joint by twisting a ligament.
Be careful not to sprain your wrist while lifting heavy weights.
Often appears as...
- sprain one's ankle
- sprain one's wrist
noun
An injury to the ligament in the joint.
I got a sprain in my ankle while playing basketball yesterday.
Often appears as...
- ankle sprain
- wrist sprain
verb
To injure a joint by twisting a ligament.
Be careful not to sprain your wrist while lifting heavy weights.
Often appears as...
- sprain one's ankle
- sprain one's wrist
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common Injuries
Sprain is often used when talking about common sports injuries or accidents.
He couldn't play in the finals due to an ankle sprain.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Break
A sprain refers to ligaments, not bones; it's different from a fracture.
The doctor said it's not broken, just a sprain.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Use 'sprain' in a medical or injury context, not for general twisting motions.
I thought it was just a twist, but the nurse said it's a sprain.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Injuries
Sprain is often used when talking about common sports injuries or accidents.
He couldn't play in the finals due to an ankle sprain.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Break
A sprain refers to ligaments, not bones; it's different from a fracture.
The doctor said it's not broken, just a sprain.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Use 'sprain' in a medical or injury context, not for general twisting motions.
I thought it was just a twist, but the nurse said it's a sprain.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Injuries
Sprain is often used when talking about common sports injuries or accidents.
He couldn't play in the finals due to an ankle sprain.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Break
A sprain refers to ligaments, not bones; it's different from a fracture.
The doctor said it's not broken, just a sprain.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Use 'sprain' in a medical or injury context, not for general twisting motions.
I thought it was just a twist, but the nurse said it's a sprain.
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The mystery of chronic...
her and she aspired to be a professional dancer and during the course of one of her dance rehearsals she fell on her outstretched arm and sprained her wrist now you would probably imagine as she did that a wrist sprain is a trivial event in a person's life rapid in an ace bandage takes some ibuprofen for a week or two and that's the end of the story
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Alone Across the Outback...
you basically have to put them down, because they... it doesn't heal. And he laid on the ground groaning and she thought he had broken his leg. He wouldn't move. It took...for about six hours. So, I drove ahead to the Aboriginal Mission and we called a vet who we actually flew out. The vet said it looked like he had just sprained his leg,
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Tips From an Ultramaratho...
your feet another common injury is the ankle sprain treating an ankle sprain initially involves compression and compression can come in different forms I commonly will have a compression sock or sleeve that it can put over taping can be pretty complicated so the nice thing with an ankle brace that has support around it
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Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...
help drag somebody off a cliff or carry somebody down with a sprained ankle from a trail. It allowed me to really hone my craft as a climber. And because I had my Bachelor's in English, I started to write about my exploits and tell stories. And this led eventually to climbing sponsorship.
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Elliot Krane: The...
and she aspired to be a professional dancer. And during the course of one of her dance rehearsals, she fell on her outstretched arm and sprained her wrist. Now you would probably imagine, as she did, that a wrist sprain is a trivial event in a person's life. Wrap it in an ACE bandage,
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Why sleep matters now...
minute an athletic coach trying to give you tips for improvement but you have a sprained ankle then nothing I can tell you is going to be useful until you fix that that sprained ankle and what I mean here is that if these things aren't working for you it could be that you have an
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Daniel J. Watts: To...
even if that's not what I really, really want. And then I started to think about all the other times when I wasn't letting paint dry, when I wasn't taking time away to let things heal, like when I was still dancing on two sprained ankles,
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Safari Live - Day 65 PIPE...
maybe it's just a little bit of a sprain David you're saying maybe we should take it to the to the vet um so with the with the wild animals again everything happens for a reason and it's very important to let wild animals be wild
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Alaska Twins Live Off...
of life there's been times where I've been skiing for eight or ten hours through deep snow and stopping to maintain traps and I'm really tired and I'm hot and I'm sweaty and I know that I'm just one sprained ankle away from
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How does your body...
Have you ever wondered what happens to a painkiller, like ibuprofen, after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle.
Video examples
The mystery of chronic...
her and she aspired to be a professional dancer and during the course of one of her dance rehearsals she fell on her outstretched arm and sprained her wrist now you would probably imagine as she did that a wrist sprain is a trivial event in a person's life rapid in an ace bandage takes some ibuprofen for a week or two and that's the end of the story
Video examples
Alone Across the Outback...
you basically have to put them down, because they... it doesn't heal. And he laid on the ground groaning and she thought he had broken his leg. He wouldn't move. It took...for about six hours. So, I drove ahead to the Aboriginal Mission and we called a vet who we actually flew out. The vet said it looked like he had just sprained his leg,
Video examples
Tips From an Ultramaratho...
your feet another common injury is the ankle sprain treating an ankle sprain initially involves compression and compression can come in different forms I commonly will have a compression sock or sleeve that it can put over taping can be pretty complicated so the nice thing with an ankle brace that has support around it
Video examples
Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...
help drag somebody off a cliff or carry somebody down with a sprained ankle from a trail. It allowed me to really hone my craft as a climber. And because I had my Bachelor's in English, I started to write about my exploits and tell stories. And this led eventually to climbing sponsorship.
Video examples
Elliot Krane: The...
and she aspired to be a professional dancer. And during the course of one of her dance rehearsals, she fell on her outstretched arm and sprained her wrist. Now you would probably imagine, as she did, that a wrist sprain is a trivial event in a person's life. Wrap it in an ACE bandage,
Video examples
Why sleep matters now...
minute an athletic coach trying to give you tips for improvement but you have a sprained ankle then nothing I can tell you is going to be useful until you fix that that sprained ankle and what I mean here is that if these things aren't working for you it could be that you have an
Video examples
Daniel J. Watts: To...
even if that's not what I really, really want. And then I started to think about all the other times when I wasn't letting paint dry, when I wasn't taking time away to let things heal, like when I was still dancing on two sprained ankles,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 65 PIPE...
maybe it's just a little bit of a sprain David you're saying maybe we should take it to the to the vet um so with the with the wild animals again everything happens for a reason and it's very important to let wild animals be wild
Video examples
Alaska Twins Live Off...
of life there's been times where I've been skiing for eight or ten hours through deep snow and stopping to maintain traps and I'm really tired and I'm hot and I'm sweaty and I know that I'm just one sprained ankle away from
Video examples
How does your body...
Have you ever wondered what happens to a painkiller, like ibuprofen, after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle.
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Marc Gasol
Spanish Basketball Player
That's how I was taught my whole life. Like when you get a bad wheel, you got a sprained ankle, whatever you have, go find a way. Give your maximum or your highest percentage possible, for the best of the team. So that's the way I was always raised as far as basketball goes. And everything in life, but for sure basketball.
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Johnny Knoxville
American Actor
Of course I've had a bunch of broken bones, sprains and I've had five or six concussions, with three serious ones. I also got a real heavy duty blood clot and internal bleeding from where I was shot in the stomach with a beanbag bullet that the police use for crowd control. I've also had six stitches in my head.
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Kobe Bryant
American Basketball Player
I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.
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Paula Yates
Welsh Entertainer
My mother was always in those films where it's the end of the world and a meteor's about to hit London; there's only six people left, and one of them's in purple underwear. That was always my mother, running from this meteor in purple underwear and spraining her ankle.
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Michelle Wolf
American Comedian
I got a third-degree ankle sprain practicing long jump. I never fully recovered. That was my first heartbreak. I thought track was going to be something that was going to happen in my life. It never went in the direction I wanted it to, no matter how hard I tried.
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Nia Long
American Actress
It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine.
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Joe Harris
American Athlete
You never want to see anybody get hurt... but if you've ever played basketball before you've probably sprained your ankle so that stuff happens. It's part of the game.
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Tim Hardaway Jr.
American Athlete
I've played with sprained ankles before, bruises, stuff like that.
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RJ Barrett
Canadian Athlete
When you sprain an ankle, you're kind of off-balance a bit.
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Amari Cooper
American Athlete
I played with high ankle sprains.
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Marc Gasol
Spanish Basketball Player
That's how I was taught my whole life. Like when you get a bad wheel, you got a sprained ankle, whatever you have, go find a way. Give your maximum or your highest percentage possible, for the best of the team. So that's the way I was always raised as far as basketball goes. And everything in life, but for sure basketball.
Quote examples
Johnny Knoxville
American Actor
Of course I've had a bunch of broken bones, sprains and I've had five or six concussions, with three serious ones. I also got a real heavy duty blood clot and internal bleeding from where I was shot in the stomach with a beanbag bullet that the police use for crowd control. I've also had six stitches in my head.
Quote examples
Kobe Bryant
American Basketball Player
I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.
Quote examples
Paula Yates
Welsh Entertainer
My mother was always in those films where it's the end of the world and a meteor's about to hit London; there's only six people left, and one of them's in purple underwear. That was always my mother, running from this meteor in purple underwear and spraining her ankle.
Quote examples
Michelle Wolf
American Comedian
I got a third-degree ankle sprain practicing long jump. I never fully recovered. That was my first heartbreak. I thought track was going to be something that was going to happen in my life. It never went in the direction I wanted it to, no matter how hard I tried.
Quote examples
Nia Long
American Actress
It's like going to the gym everyday. It really is. I work hard on my craft, I sweat a little bit, I run a little bit, I might sprain an ankle every now and them, but it's all good and the more you do it, the more in shape you are and it's like a machine.
Quote examples
Joe Harris
American Athlete
You never want to see anybody get hurt... but if you've ever played basketball before you've probably sprained your ankle so that stuff happens. It's part of the game.
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Tim Hardaway Jr.
American Athlete
I've played with sprained ankles before, bruises, stuff like that.
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RJ Barrett
Canadian Athlete
When you sprain an ankle, you're kind of off-balance a bit.
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Amari Cooper
American Athlete
I played with high ankle sprains.
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