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What joint is sprained with a high ankle sprain injury?
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Ankle is: "high" refers to the degree of the sprain, the severety, not the height.
Answered 12/28/2013
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Sprain: Sometimes a high sprain is referred to the syndesmotic ligament of the tibia and fibula. More often than not it refers to the degree of the sprain
Answered 12/29/2013
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Ankle.: It's still the ankle, bu t the pain will be higher as well, because of the type of twist that caused the high sprain.
Answered 6/24/2014
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