After the summer break, you're ready to get back into exercise. You put on your shoes, pop on your headphones and head out the door on your first run of the new year.

Q. Two nights ago, I was walking the dog and stepped in a hole twisting my left ankle badly. I felt a pop and had trouble walking. I went to the emergency room and X-rays of the ankle showed no break.

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