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Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

Sprain is when you stretch "ligaments" which are structures responsible to make the joint stable at its position. They connect bone to bone while "tendons" connect a muscle to a bone. Whenever they're stretched, the main symptom is pain. The most pain, it is less likely that any of the ligaments got ruptured, while less pain but joint instability instead are likely that these ligaments got ruptured. I was guessing that's exactly what happened to ayu, since the way these bandages were done look like they were made more to immobilize her knee in order to give rest to the affected ligaments and ease the pain. She most likely had just a mild (Grade 1) sprain though.

EDIT: You can read a bit about it here: http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement...chunkiid=11721

Thanks for these informations, AHS's doctor =)