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Conversely, high-ankle sprains occur when the tibia and fibula move about one another, extending the ligaments that connect them. This occurs when the lower leg sharply rotates outward.

By contrast, a high ankle sprain involves a stretching or a tear of the ligaments that are “higher” up on your ankle that connect your two lower leg bones: your tibia and fibula.

“A high ankle sprain occurs when the ligaments between (the) tibia and fibula become torn or stretched,’’ the Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine reports.

In a bad high ankle sprain, the majority of the ligaments tear completely, resulting in severe pain, swelling and often bruising of the ankle. Initially it is very difficult to even stand on the ...

Q. I am a collegiate athlete who was playing basketball and someone landed on my foot and I twisted my right ankle. I felt a pop and had pain but tried to finish the game. While cutting, I ...

Buccaneers All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs has two torn ligaments, including one off the bone, and will need surgery to repair his high ankle sprain, a source told The Athletic on Sunday.

Szatkowski: High ankle spraining (has to do with) syndesmosis ligaments around the ankle. ... Football players and other athletes, soccer players, tend to injure these ligaments around the ankle.

Even if the Vancouver Canucks wanted to use one of their two compliance buyouts on forward David Booth, it’s not clear if they’d be allowed. You see, Booth suffered a rather serious ankle injury in ...

High ankle sprains. When a player suffers a high ankle sprain, the ligaments above the ankle — which connect the tibia to the fibula — are affected rather than the ligaments outside the ankle ...

Hamstring pulls, ligament tears and ankle sprains can be as formidable an opponent for NFL teams as a high-scoring offense or stingy defense. “There’s a 100% injury rate in the NFL,” seven ...