Severe sprains have poorer prognosis, and necessitate more intensive management than Grade I sprains (minor sprains).
ERs are for more serious conditions, not sprains, small cuts or most fevers.
He suffered a slight ankle sprain and a small concussion.
The Pacers were lapped by a team whose best player has a broken bone in his foot, whose most versatile player has a sprained knee, whose small forward has a stiff back and whose center didn't even suit up.
Grade I: Also known as a sprain and represents a small, incomplete tear.
But a sprained knee in the preseason turned out to be a small tear and last week he had knee surgery.
In patients with ankle sprain, differences in the corrected mean number of visits per treatment episode in the Netherlands and Israel were small (5.3 and 5.5, respectively).
The Clippers intend to monitor Jordan Hamilton's sprained right ankle over the next few days before deciding whether to sign the small forward for the rest of the season.
He rolled his right ankle, and suffered a sprain of the ligaments above it (referred to as a "high ankle sprain"), as well as a small bone bruise at the tip of his tibia at the back of his ankle.
When Paula Austin fell and sprained her knee in September, she knew her injury was going to be more than a small inconvenience.
