Is playing basketball on a sprained ankle a bad idea?
No, you want to minimize your physical activity during your sprain. Like the above said, your coach is a moron. I had a sprained ankle one time, and my doctor told me not to do work. When I told my track coach this, he still got my to do slow small pedals on the bicycle wheel thing. After a week, it still wasn’t better. My doctor knew what was best for me and I should not have listened to the coach. It’s better to be safe than sorry. When you ankle heals, yes your ankle will be a bit stiff. But IT WILL NOT GET AMPUTATED. Why would it get amputated when circulation is not cut off? For a teacher who specializes in the use of the body, he sure does know little about how the circulatory system works in the body. You won’t be able to move as flexible as before. But in a few months, your ankle will eventually gain back its flexibility and there will be a time when you’ll feel like you just want to stretch it all the way but can’t. Eventually, you will feel the need to stretch it up to the po
