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I am at mall and i walk got a sharp pain my ankle i had stop short to go in a store then came the pain?

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Nerve Entrapment: Grade2-3 sprains indicate ligament damage but the sharp pain you relate may indicate nerve damage or injury.

Answered 2/27/2013

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