The Most Common Injury in Basketball
According to the Denver Nuggets Training Room, ankle sprain is the most common injury to
professional basketball players.
And looking at the current injured players list, it starts to
become more obvious.
On the...
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The Most Common Injury in Basketball
According to the Denver Nuggets Training Room, ankle sprain is the most common injury to
professional basketball players.
And looking at the current injured players list, it starts to
become more obvious.
On the current injured list – as of May 2012 – are five sprained ankles.
Semih Erden of the
Cleveland Cavaliers, Brook Lopez of the New Jersey Nets, Luke Ridnour of the Minnesota
Timberwolves, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, and Hassan Whiteside of the
Sacramento Kings are all missing game time to sprained ankles.
The most common ankle sprain, both in the NBA and everyday life, is the inversion sprain.
This is when the sole of the foot rolls inward (toward the other foot) and stretches the joints
outer connective tissue.
Other types of sprains include the eversion sprain and the high ankle
sprain.
These are both less common.
An eversion sprain happens when the sole of the foot
rolls outward.
A high ankle sprain is a sprain of t
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