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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1409716" data-attributes="member: 1656">I had a friend once who sprained her ankles really easily... apparently after the first few, the ligaments were 'loose' and gave less support, making it more likely to sprain them again.&nbsp; And she did.&nbsp; Repeatedly.I saw her sprain an ankle stepping off the bottom step of a short flight.&nbsp; The step was only a few inches high.&nbsp; Stepped off, put weight on that foot, and the ankle just buckled.The only seriously sprained ankle I've had came about while trialling for a spot in the New Zealand Taekwon-Do Team in a multiple-kicking event.&nbsp; I demonstrated some flying spinning triple kick for the selectors; &quot;Great,&quot; they said.&nbsp; &quot;Can we see it again?&quot;Second time up, I misjudged my aim on the second kick - went over the target, got my foot caught when I tried to pull it back... and ended up essentially prone, at shoulder height.&nbsp; (Who says you can't Trip a flying creature?)I'm not sure exactly what happened between than moment and the ground, but I think I must have managed to get my other foot under me before I hit... but not at the right angle to actually support my weight.Within about fifteen seconds my ankle was somewhere between two and three times its normal size...-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1409716, member: 1656"] I had a friend once who sprained her ankles really easily... apparently after the first few, the ligaments were 'loose' and gave less support, making it more likely to sprain them again. And she did. Repeatedly. I saw her sprain an ankle stepping off the bottom step of a short flight. The step was only a few inches high. Stepped off, put weight on that foot, and the ankle just buckled. The only seriously sprained ankle I've had came about while trialling for a spot in the New Zealand Taekwon-Do Team in a multiple-kicking event. I demonstrated some flying spinning triple kick for the selectors; "Great," they said. "Can we see it again?" Second time up, I misjudged my aim on the second kick - went [i]over[/i] the target, got my foot caught when I tried to pull it back... and ended up essentially prone, at shoulder height. (Who says you can't Trip a flying creature?) I'm not sure exactly what happened between than moment and the ground, but I [i]think[/i] I must have managed to get my other foot under me before I hit... but not at the right angle to actually support my weight. Within about fifteen seconds my ankle was somewhere between two and three times its normal size... -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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