How can you break your ankle?

Answer 1

The most common ways to break your ankle:Quite easily: There are at least 4 directions it can break from; you step carelessly or land bad etc. and either the outer or inner side of the foot can be broken outward... Or you might fall a flight of stairs and all, breaking it backward or forward, but usually it breaks to the side.

Common causes of breaking an ankle include:

tripping and falling (especially in sports), car accidents (crushing injuries), landing incorrectly after jumping from great heights, twisting your ankle and not resting it, overuse, strong impact of a heavy object.

A fall or hit to your ankle can break one or more of the 3 main bones in your ankle joint :

1. the fibula
2. the tibia
3. the talus

Sometimes the injury can be more intense and include some of the 2 dozen bones in your foot.

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Answer 2

There are several ways that a person can dislocate their ankle, including falling in a hole. Someone can also fall from a distance and land on the ankle wrong, which could dislocate it.

Answer 3

You can't. But you can sprain it. ; )