Types of Ankle Sprains
Current as of: June 26, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine
An inversion injury is the most common cause of an ankle sprain and occurs when the ankle rolls outward and the foot turns inward. It results in stretching and tearing of the ligaments on the outside of the ankle. Less commonly, the ankle rolls inward and the foot outward in an eversion injury, damaging the ligaments at…