As we start basketball season, we have seen our first case of a local female high school player with an ankle injury. Ankle injuries are common in most sports, but there is a predominance in basketball.

How many steps per day does the average adult take? Studies found that the average American adult only makes it about halfway to a goal of 10,000 steps per day, although those who wear an activity monitor or pedometer seem to log more steps per day. If you walk between 5,000 and 7,000 steps per day, you are an average American.

Players, and people in general, often times turns their feet (pronates or rolls-in) and the nails get injured.