Besides minor cuts and abrasions my most commonly seen injury is a sprained ankle. This can be a debilitating injury for an athlete. My best advice for a newly sprained ankle is covered with a common acronym RICE. Rest, ice, compression, and elevation. If you have "rolled", "twisted", or "messed up" your ankle, you probably have a sprain. The sooner you can get ice on the ankle the better. The best way to ice it is to immerse the whole foot and ankle up to mid shin in a bucket or trash can full of ice water. This is painful for the first 5 minutes but then the toes go numb and it becomes tolerable. Visit any of the best athletic training facilities in the nation and you will see this in action. Do this for 20 minutes at a time. After icing wrap the ankle with an elastic bandage to control swelling and stay off of it for the next 24 hours or so. Make sure the wrap is not cutting off circulation (if the toes feet tingly or numb after ...........to read more go to jumpjasper.com and click on articles.