Why do I sprain my ankle so often? And how can I cut the risk of it happening again?

By Gordon Waddington, AIS Professor of Sports Medicine Research, University of Canberra

Are you one of those people who seems to be forever spraining their ankle?

To some extent, ankle sprains are part and parcel of being active.

But if it’s happening again and again, here’s what may be going on – and how you can reduce your risk of recurrent ankle sprain.

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~	Why the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service should be designated as a provincial police service

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~	Granting legal ‘personhood’ to nature is a growing movement – can it stem biodiversity loss?

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~	New rock art discoveries in Eastern Sudan tell a tale of ancient cattle, the ‘green Sahara’ and climate catastrophe

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