Does this guy's ankle look injured to you?
Updated | By Gareth Jenkinson
We all love playing sport, but every now and then people get
hurt, badly, and you can’t unsee it.
![Broken ankle](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/boo-2399974_960_720.width-800.jpg)
In my 25 years of life, I’ve played my fair share of sport. I’ve spent time in the gym, I’ve surfed, I’ve played cricket, and a hell of a lot of rugby. All things considered, I’ve been pretty lucky on the injury front.
I had injuries ranging from minor broken fingers to a badly broken nose – courtesy of a fight during a rugby game in grade 10. None of those ever made me shy away from sport, until I really did myself some harm in my first year of University.
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Playing rugby for my residence in Pretoria was a lot of fun – it was mainly social, but it was also pretty physical. Winters in Pretoria are notoriously cold and the fields we played on were hard as rock.
A few days before one of our league games, I rolled my ankle during practice. It was sore but I could still run and I tried to shake off the injury. Not thinking too much about it, I went into the game a few days later without strapping up the ankle.
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I managed to play most of the game before I endured the most horrendous injury I’ve ever had. I was chasing down the ball, which had been kicked up field, and it was bouncing all over the place. As I changed direction to try grab the ball, my ankle snapped underneath my weight.
The popping sound was like someone had shot me from the sidelines. I crumbled into a heap and couldn’t walk, and I had to be carried off the field.
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A few weeks later I went for scans and doctors confirmed that I’d completely torn the ligaments in my ankle. I went under the knife and it took me about six months before I could run again.
The doctor was skeptical about my return to sport, but I worked hard on my rehabilitation and ended playing rugby for a number of years afterwards.
With all that being said – I can completely empathise with NBA star Gordon Hayward, who snapped his ankle in a game earlier this week.
The video is pretty rough – if you’re queasy, it’s time to look away...
Warning: This video below may not be suitable for sensitive viewers
Warning! Very Graphic! Damn Gordon Heyward. Legs are not supposed to do that. Ouch. Feel for the guy. pic.twitter.com/m5l0iYlpER
— Michael Shibley (@Michael_Shibley) October 18, 2017
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