Eli5 Whats the difference between a twisted, sprained, fractured and broken ankle?
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Twisted ≈ sprained
Broken ≈ fractured
Terms like broken and twisted are laymens colloquial terms used to describe injury’s such as a fracture (crack in the bone, could be a minor hairline crack or even a clean break into two half’s… both are still fractured) or a sprain (damage to ligaments around a joint from being overstretched or stretched in the wrong direction, leading to swelling and inflammation of the ligament, the stretching occurs often because one “twists” their ankle)
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