運動員運動頻率與強度較常人來的頻繁與強烈，相對的運動傷害的機率也 增高許多，因而「如何預防運動傷害」及「運動傷害之處理與治療」已成為體 育界討論的重要議題之一，因此若能瞭解從事運動時可能發生的運動傷害原因 及熟悉運動傷害的處理原則，可使受傷部位盡快得到適當的處理及縮短痊癒的 時效。踝關節是人體於運動中首先與地面接觸的主要負重關節，踝關節傷害好 發於各種運動中，所以將對於踝關節的解剖位置、傷害情況、傷害的特點和預 防治療與復健，四個構面進行，其中又以踝關節的扭傷作為介紹的主軸。然而， 站在運動傷害防護的觀點上，預防始終重於治療，因此，教練及運動員在瞭解 不同傷害之處理方式時，亦應對運動傷害之防護有基本的認知。

Since the athletes take exercises with high frequency and strength, the probability of the sports injury will be high. Therefore, how to prevent and treat the sports injury has been an important issue. If we can understand the reasons causing the sports injury and be familiar with the principle of dealing with the sports injury, the injury can be cured adequately and the period of curing can be shortened. Ankle is the primary load-carrying joint when exercising and the ankle injury occurs in every type of sports. We introduce the ankle injury in four domains; namely, dissect location, situation of injury, properties of injury, and prevention and cure. We especially focus on sprain of ankle. However, in the aspect of athletic training, prevention is always better than cure. Thus, the coaches and athletics shall not only understand how to prevent the sports injury and the different methods of dealing with the sport injury, but also have a basic knowledge on sports training.