How common are ankle sprains?
A sprained ankle is the most common type of ankle injury.
About 1 in 10,000 people sprain their ankle every day.1
A quarter of all sports injuries are sprained ankles. A lot of ankle injuries happen in basketball, soccer and volleyball.2
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This information was last updated in Oct 05, 2007
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