How To Use Sprain In A Sentence
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I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible.
The Snowpocalypse Continues
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The effect of preventive measures on the incidence of ankle sprains.
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Attempts to rip it off gave me a sprained wrist.
The Sun
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My, that's quite a sprain you've got there.
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I sprained my wrist playing squash.
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He had a knee injury, sprained his ankle twice, got the flu twice.
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He made just 13 appearances last season because of a sprained ankle.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Kent athlete sprained his ankle after falling off a bus on Friday and competed with heavy strapping.
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She pretended to trip on a cobblestone and feigned a sprain.
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It is effective as an antispasmodic for muscle cramps, stiffness, aches, overuse, sprains, bruises, sciatica, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia and poor circulation.
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The more common of these include spraining or tearing one or more ligaments, tearing the meniscus or straining a tendon or muscle.
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This lends some support to the popular anecdote that subjects with unilateral ankle sprains have a deficit in the sensorimotor system that affects the central processing of motor control.
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Apparently, his wrist is sprained.
The Sun
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These ligaments can be sprained, disrupted, detached, or separated, depending on the severity of the injury.
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Roberts said injuries in such an accident could range from burns to broken bones, bruises and sprained ankles from sliding down the emergency chutes.
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Minor sprains and strains and contusions constituted one-half of all injuries.
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I'd sprained my ankle somewhere along the way.
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The same mechanisms that produce toe fractures may cause a ligament sprain, contusion, dislocation, tendon injury, or other soft tissue injury.
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How do you treat a sprained wrist?
Times, Sunday Times
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The on-for-nous passive-voice mania promotes imprecision, yet nobody wants to sprain their tongue conjugating verbs suffixed by ‘ons’.
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The most common types of sports injuries are sprains and strains.
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_ -- Horses knuckling at the fetlock, and all those with diseases which impair the powers of locomotion, such as navicular disease, contracted heels, sidebones, chronic laminitis, etc., are predisposed to sprains of the fetlock.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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Irons watched his understudies from the sidelines with a sprained toe and ankle, though the offense appeared to limp more than him at times.
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I ran pell-mell down the bleachers, forgetting about my supposedly sprained ankle, and grabbed the nearest fan.
The Dark Side of Innocence
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A recent study concluded that maintaining constant glycine levels might prevent sports injuries such as muscle strains and sprains.
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Explainer, "Michelle Tsai incorrectly used the term syndesmosis as a synonym for" high ankle sprain.
Slate Magazine
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But commanders sent him forward to replace another officer who sprained his ankle.
The Sun
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The nurse bandaged up his sprained ankle.
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He missed a game due to a hamstring injury as a redshirt freshman, another game as a sophomore with a sprained ankle, and two more games as a junior when he broke his arm.
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Horn will be sidelined for three weeks by a sprained ankle.
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Rather, the coracoclavicular ligament (trapezoid and conoid ligaments) provides the major structural support for the joint and is the primary ligament injured in an AC sprain, otherwise known as a separated shoulder.
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F Brandan Wright (dislocated left shoulder) and G Marco Belinelli (sprained right ankle) remain sidelined for Golden State. ...
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I started to run along the path, thinking that I'd not help matters if I sprained my ankle but not wanting to get stuck in the bush when darkness fell.
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Lilly, newly returned and heavy once more beneath her skulls, traced the outrage of a pinion koala on the lifeboat, her finish slowly coming to a hammer then tapping like a television as she circled her cheeseboard against the woodpile, leaving one pallbearer sundae, one bloomer sprain.
Farouche
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Few dancers manage to perform without ever spraining an ankle.
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He hasn't played since the third preseason game because of a sprained knee.
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He knew that the pain in the shoulder and arm meant at least sprains, if not dislocations and breaks.
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I thought my wrist might be broken, but it was just a bad sprain.
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It just seems to be a minor sprain, just stay off of it for a few days and you should be fine.
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She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.
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Has she said what gave her the bruises or sprains?
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I seem to be OK, though - my knees are grazed (but not too badly), and the toes of my left foot are evidently a bit sprained.
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From the frequency with which this fracture occurs while cranking a motor-car, it is conveniently described as _Chauffeur's fracture_; we have observed in doctors, who have sustained this fracture in their own persons, that they were under the impression that they had sustained a trivial sprain of the wrist.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
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I stumbled and sprained my ankle.
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My grandfather, who had badly sprained his ankle only a week before while getting a lesson in baile tropical out on the patio with Esperanza´s sister, and had been getting around with a cane, was now sitting on the edge of Eula´s bed, his head and hands leaning heavily on the curved handle, sobbing pitifully.
Burying Eula - A Day Of The Dead Story
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Coles is recuperating from a sprained ankle.
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Despite Adam spraining his ankle just before they flew to Spain, the tour was a great success.
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About half the injuries involve fractures, lacerations, contusions, or sprains from people tripping over extension cords.
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this sprain hurts like hell
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He played as long as he could despite two sprained ankles that got worse with every game.
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I'm sorry for giving you so much trouble with the press after spraining your ankle.
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Isaiah spraining his ankle and then staying on the court to finish putting up a 25-point third quarter in game six.
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Defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth, who missed the Houston game with a sprained ankle, is also active today.
Trent Williams inactive for Rams game
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Ibuprofen is helpful for menstrual cramps and pain from inflammation (such as muscle sprains).
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Would you put your mother in a home for the elderly after spraining her ankle?
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My sprained ankle has been acting up badly all week.
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The jerks associated with some forms exercise or games such as jogging, tennis etc have a potential risk of causing muscle sprain, tendon tear, ligamental sprain or trauma (noticeable or otherwise) to the Weight bearing cartilages.
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Sprains and strains may occur with a variety of athletic activities and are more likely to occur with sudden movements involving spinal extension and rotation.
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I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle .
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People really thought I looked like her, it was pretty cool but unfortunately I think I sprained my ancle running around with my friends ... lol ...
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This was just as well, as she heard that the previous week a young British naval commander who saw a six-foot-long cobra in his cadjan dove out his open window and escaped with only a sprained thumb.
A Covert Affair
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Looking after a young woman with a sprained ankle, no job and no family was one thing.
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Two days before they were to leave for Paris Laura slipped and sprained her ankle.
THE IMAGE OF LAURA
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Its guttery flare exposed a bed, with a thin mattress and a skimpy cover, shoved close up under the sloping wall; a sprained chair on its last legs; an old horsehide trunk; a shaky washstand of cheap yellow pine, garnished forth with an ewer and a basin; a limp, frayed towel; and a minute segment of pale pink soap.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights
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You've been out jogging, bought one of those squeezy metal contraptions that sits between your thighs, rowed yourself to Northern Africa from the comfort of your living room and sprained both knees on a TotalGym.
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Full day care facilities are available on request. Sprained ankle?
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The failures in the control group were all from subjects with unilateral ankle sprains.
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These would include long term causes such as atherosclerotic lesions or plaques building within the venous walls or can be caused by short term conditions that result in swelling and increased vascular pressure such as sprained ankles, knee effusions, and even improperly applied wraps or bandages.
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As a cream or ointment, it can be applied directly to bruises, sprains, strains, chilblains or painful varicose veins - but only on unbroken skin.
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Firstly, it's the morning that I happen to severely sprain my ankle, landing badly on a tussock of grass as I trot downhill from my tent to the river below.
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After two games in right field last week, Bonilla sprained his left ankle.
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I had a sprained ankle at the time and couldn't run.
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Over the years, he'd nursed his son through all sorts of ailments, including sprains and broken bones.
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He thought he had only sprained an ankle but doctors at a local clinic took several x-rays and told him he had suffered a break.
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Hollins, who has missed the past week with a mild ankle sprain, is averaging 12.2 points and 10.4 rebounds for Fort Worth. ...
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In this study, the proportions of sprains/strains, contusions, and fractures were similar to those reported in other studies of high school football players.
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The Jaguars also lost safety Donovin Darius with a sprained left knee in the second quarter.
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Sprains usually cause pain, tenderness, swelling, or bruising to the injured area.
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Defensive tackle Bryant Young sprained his right ankle and is questionable.
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When you're a trainer in the lower minors, you do more than tend to ankle sprains and pulled muscles.
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The most common types of sports injuries are sprains and strains.
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It helped anaesthetise your sprained ankle, but made you more than a little melancholy, and you lay awake until long into the night thinking about Kasha.
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Left tackle Derrick Deese sprained his right ankle when Steve Young rolled on his leg.
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That sprained ankle is still bothering her .
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She said: 'I sprained my ankle badly.
The Sun
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Attempts to rip it off gave me a sprained wrist.
The Sun
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I had no idea that pretending to sprain your ankle would hurt so badly.
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Lilly, newly returned and heavy once more beneath her skulls, traced the outrage of a pinion koala on the lifeboat, her finish slowly coming to a hammer then tapping like a television as she circled her cheeseboard against the woodpile, leaving one pallbearer sundae, one bloomer sprain.
Farouche
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In fact they may already be there - they can be hard things to see, and finding spraint and footprints is a specialist job.
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In the youth and adult groups, more than 60% of the injuries were diagnosed as contusions, with sprains being the second most common diagnosis.
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His ankle is a bit swollen, a minor sprain, but he should stay off it for about two to three weeks.
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Consider, for example, a high-heeled pedestrian planting a spike in a deep crack and spraining an ankle.
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Finally, wiping away the tears that had formed in the corners of my eyes as result of my laughter, I lifted one of my crutches in the air and said, ‘Just a sprain!’
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A sprain usually takes longer to heal than a broken bone.
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The saponin aescin, however, has been used for health purposes (such as varicose veins, edema, sprains) and is available in food supplements, as is a related glucoside aesculin. [
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On another occasion, I showed the boys the foot of a baby moorhen that had been eaten by an otter and then showed them some otter spraint (droppings), explaining that otters always spraint when they have finished eating.
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His wrist was sprained.
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In a sprain, the ligaments may have been overstretched, twisted or torn.
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Keith sprained his wrist in a wrestling match.
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Soft-tissue injuries such as contusions, strains, and sprains are the most common injuries in Gaelic football, soccer, and rugby.
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I sprained my ankle carrying my arthritic dog down the stairs.
The Sun
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In other incidents I have received bruises, a sprained thumb and had my head banged against a wall.
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For a second straight game, an ankle sprain sidelined Suns guard Leandro Barbosa, whose average of 18.5 points per game ranks second on the team.
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I fell over and sprained/twisted my ankle.
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Young missed the last two games with a sprained ankle and a sprained foot, left and right, respectively.
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It seems that one of the things that happens with a sprain is "proprioceptive deficit" which is a fancy way to say that you joint ability to "sense" where it is vs where it should be is reduced.
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It is effective as an antispasmodic for muscle cramps, stiffness, aches, overuse, sprains, bruises, sciatica, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia and poor circulation.
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Despite spraining her ankle days before the wedding, Sam remained composed throughout the ceremony at St George's Chapel, Paphos.
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In medial ankle sprains, the mechanism of injury is excessive eversion and dorsiflexion.
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Backup guard / center Jesse Sapolu is questionable with a sprained left ankle.
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I razer zink I am," returned the philosopher with a faint smile; "mine onkle, I zink, is spraint.
Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
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Then, two days before the performance, Ivan sprained his ankle in rehearsal.
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Lisa had left the room so Jenson could check Jon's body for possible breaks or sprains.
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They also handle everyday mishaps and misadventures, such as broken teeth, sprained backs and stomach viruses.
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Otter spraint smells pleasantly musky or fishy.
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Likely sites are searched for signs of otter presence such as paw prints or spraint - droppings.
River clean-up brings otters back from brink of extinction
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But a shoe salesman recently told me that high-tops don't actually prevent ankle sprains and the benefit is only psychological.
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I sprained it playing golf.
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Stromile Swift (sprained right ankle) and Jarvis Hayes (strained right hamstring) remain sidelined for the Nets. ...
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Instead, researchers found that cardiovascular fitness was more of a determining factor in every category except ankle sprain.
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hot drops," and ruled paper to write letters on, and a little Bible, and a phial with hiera picra, and another with paregoric, and another with "camphire" for sprains and bruises.
The Guardian Angel
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While sprained ankles are very common, sprained wrists are unusual.
Times, Sunday Times
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It will save you spraining an ankle or something in those ridiculous shoes.
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Sprained ankles commonly result from tripping or turning the ankle the wrong way.
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-- A sprain is usually the result of some involuntary stress coming upon the part.
Papers on Health
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A grade III sprain is a complete tear of the ligament with no end point distinguishable on examination.
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They strike the bait with such power when they leap into the air that a strong line is an absolute must since a billfish of that caliber and poundage can make a line with an 80 pound breaking sprain seem like thread under all that pressure.
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Even after the original injury has healed, patients may still be in pain or very susceptible because their muscles have atrophied and there's nothing protecting them from sprains and strains.
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Luckily, the x-ray showed no break, and it was deemed a rather vicious sprain.
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There is widespread use of several semirigid orthoses made of cloth or plastic to prevent ankle sprains.
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hot drops," and ruled paper to write letters on, and a little Bible, and a phial with hiera picra, and another with paregoric, and another with "camphire" for sprains and bruises.
The Guardian Angel
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I stood all the way from Utrecht to Assen (1.5 hours), with the aftermath of a sprained foot, in an extremely crowded doorway, with charming people saying charming things such as the above (and then calling their friends and telling them how busy it was).
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But commanders sent him forward to replace another officer who sprained his ankle.
The Sun
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Federer said he isn't afraid to step up with a streak at stake, as he did when he won a grass-court tuneup in Halle, Germany, one week after losing to Nadal in the French Open final, or when he played the Masters Cup in November in Shanghai a few weeks after spraining his ankle.
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Apple, armed with thorns, grows in our fields and hedgerows, furnishing verjuice, which is rich in tannin, and a most useful application for old sprains.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
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I spraint my shoulder ropin 'that steer an' I just be'n over to see doc an 'he says I should keep offen bad horses fer a spell.
The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country
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Case No. 5: 58 year-old woman fell, sustaining a left ankle sprain and bruising over the ankle and tibia.
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Oil of wintergreen, also known as methyl salicylate, is a time-honored rub or liniment used for sprains, strains, aches, pains and arthritis.
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He is their biggest playmaker, but he's hobbled by a sprained ankle.
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Be careful out there, we were avalanched yesterday, and now I'm out of commission for at least a month with a sprained or broken ankle.
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Before there is evidence of an exostosis, diagnosis of ringbone is not easy, for it is then a problem of detecting the presence of a ligamentous sprain, periostitis, or osteitis.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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When the MRI came back, he did have a deltoid side ankle ligament sprain, which is what we saw all the bleeding from last night….
T.O.
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The more common of these include spraining or tearing one or more ligaments, tearing the meniscus or straining a tendon or muscle.
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Chronic knee injuries include things like strains, sprains and tendinitis.
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Corey Brown is going to be out "at least a few days" after spraining his left ankle yesterday.
Henry Rodriguez is here, and other stuff
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If the sprain is in a finger, it also helps if you strap the injured finger to the next larger finger to it.
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Guard Chauncey Billups, again favoring his sprained ankle, was limited to 18 minutes and seven points.
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Chris Hammerton is the biggest doubt after spraining his ankle yesterday, while Alan Pallister and Andy Hill (bruised ankle) are expected to be fit.
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In January she ‘fell’ down two flights of stairs, spraining her wrist and twisting an ankle.
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‘It's just a mild sprain,’ informed the doctor, leaving the room so they could talk in private.
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Although flat shoes are better for your feet because they reduce the risk of lateral ankle sprains, they also bring their own problems.
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Nowitzki turns his ankle on Sunday, McGrady’s back tightens up last night … if Gilbert’s sprain is not bad, 2 weeks might be doable since you know he’s going to go 24-hr rehab.
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I explained to him that it was more of a severe sprain than an actual fracture and prescribed a wrist splint to be worn for the next three weeks.
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Gil had a sprained ankle, and Wooten underwent surgery on his right thumb in March.
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Hanson ended up with multiple ankle sprains, and learned two important lessons.
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I also bruised my hip bone and sprained all the ligaments.
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He discovered the otter droppings - or spraint, to use the technical term - while checking the site destined to become Grays Wharf, a riverside office development.
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I'd sprained my ankle somewhere along the way.
Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home
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He'd suffered multiple sprains and cuts, but nothing very serious.
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When a kid sprains her hand or jams her finger, which happens often, she tries to shake it out.
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The other crew member suffered a sprained wrist.
The Sun
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And he told how he once drunkenly sprained his ankle while dancing to bagpipes in Rome.
The Sun
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I sang them the old hunting - song, and they said I did it tunably, and, whereas they saw I could already dance a hornpipe and turn a somersault passably well, the leader of the troop, old Nat Fire-eater, took me on, and methinks he did not repent -- nor I neither -- save when I sprained my foot and had time to lie by and think.
The Armourer's Prentices
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Then, two days before the performance, Ivan sprained his ankle in rehearsal.
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Even as it has an important message about the cost and consequences of the Military-Industrial Complex running hog wild and the instable third world that provides a endless canvas for the unfolding of human tragedy, the movie itself has more than sufficient dollops of humor, humanity and sheer entertainment to make it a movie well worth your time even without a sprained ankle.
December 2008
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Possible injuries include stress fractures, sprained ankles, tendinitis, damage to the growth plates in the feet, shinsplints and bunions.
On Their Toes and Asking for Trouble,
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In most ankle sprains, treatment includes external support such as the application of an air splint, ice application and elevation above the heart.
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Tackle Russell Maryland sat out three games with a sprained knee and a sprained toe.
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Look, what you've got at the present moment, Private Nobody, is a badly sprained ankle.
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This action helps thwart swelling and bruising, making it very useful for the topical treatment of bruises, sprains and contusions.
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Sprains, bruises and traumata of all sorts respond to color as to no other treatment.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color
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When the shinbone and thighbone rotate too far in opposite directions -- or when the knee is bent in the wrong direction, the ACL can be sprained or torn, partially or completely.
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Apparently, his wrist is sprained.
The Sun
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In the meantime, she was still doctoring the band when one of its members had a sprained ankle or a cold.
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If the arm, hand, or wrist be sprained, rub gently the upper spinal region with warm olive oil, continuing the rubbing _gently_ down the arm to the injured part (_see_ Rubbing) until the whole shoulder and arm glow with comfortable warmth.
Papers on Health
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Ligament is a tough connective tissue which usually covers and protects the joint), ligamental sprains etc. which are associated with annoying pain are caused because of stress related postural changes as well as actions.
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An oarsman sprains his wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion.
Moby Dick
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The vials were all for minor things like sprains and small cuts.
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Acute injuries, such as a sudden sprain or muscle pull, seem to happen out of the blue.
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The same mechanisms that produce toe fractures may cause a ligament sprain, contusion, dislocation, tendon injury, or other soft tissue injury.
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His sprained ankle had swollen badly.
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He made just 13 appearances last season because of a sprained ankle.
Times, Sunday Times
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The result was a severely sprained left ankle which left me unable to walk.
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A sprained ankle will hobble him for another few weeks, and be doesn't have the balance or footwork that he used to.
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I sprained my ankle carrying my arthritic dog down the stairs.
The Sun
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A common sprain injury is a torn Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscles to the heel.
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They strike the bait with such power when they leap into the air that a strong line is an absolute must since a billfish of that caliber and poundage can make a line with an 80 pound breaking sprain seem like thread under all that pressure.
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The whole plant will then be bushier, less likely to splay and sprain in heavy rain, and longer lived.
Times, Sunday Times
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Acupuncture can help heal sports injuries such as sore knees, tennis elbow, lower back pain and sprains.
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He has a high ankle sprain, which is a much more difficult sprain," Lowe said.
National Basketball Association - Bucks vs. Rockets
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He couldn't play if he was in danger of tripping over an empty soda can and spraining his ankle or worse.
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She knelt down to look at Bess's ankle, hoping it was not sprained.
THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY
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But commanders sent him forward to replace another officer who sprained his ankle.
The Sun
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Ken had a greater risk of spraining his ankle because he has systemic hypermobility.
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Your "broken arm" was only a sprained wrist. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
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Oil of wintergreen, also known as methyl salicylate, is a time-honored rub or liniment used for sprains, strains, aches, pains and arthritis.
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Eesa and Girhi, who are all infantry: a village seldom contains more than six or eight, and the lowest value would be ten cows or twenty Tobes. 27 Careful of his beast when at rest, the Somali Bedouin in the saddle is rough and cruel: whatever beauty the animal may possess in youth, completely disappears before the fifth year, and few are without spavin, or sprained back-sinews.
First footsteps in East Africa
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Heel is exorbitant, walk flabby, easy sprain gambrel, cause sufficient painful, lumbago.
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The commonest ankle sprain is when the heel or foot turn inwards in relation to the lower leg, overstretching the ligaments on the outside of the ankle.
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The new automobile insurance system includes a limit of $4,000 on pain and suffering awards for a minor injury such as a strain, sprain or minor whiplash.
