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Guess spraining your ankle is better than getting a swirly! LOLz

Kelly Osbourne visited a public restroom to do her business yesterday, but after she tripped up and was getting ready to go head first into the NAS-TAY toilet, she decided that it would be better if she sprained her ankle.

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Have you recently sprained or twisted your ankle? Make sure to do balance exercises after the injury heals. After an ankle sprain, your neuromuscular coordination suffers and you are prone to ankle and knee instability. Start by standing on one foot and slowly reaching the opposite leg out in front of you, then to the side, and then diagonally behind you. Repeat on the opposite side.

- Passionate fitness trainer certified by NASM, as well as a sports & exercise nutritionist, Justin Janoska. Make sure you check out his website HERE, and follow him on Twitter & Facebook!

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Regardless of the possible options he had with his recently-signed contract, we think it's safe to say that Derek Jeter is officially done with the Yankees!

At least for the next three months!

The shortstop, who

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But they are so fierce!

Despite Lady GaGa's affinity for her McQueenadillos, not every lady can handle sky high heels. It turns out they can be hazardous to your health, even though footwear is only getting higher!

"We have entered a moment of heightened impracticality in footwear," said Elizabeth Semmelhack, author of Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated Shoe.

Heels may elongate legs and make women feel long and lean, but they also cause ankle injuries, hammertoes and severe pain.
Doctors know their patients will wear the torturous footwear anyway.

Podiatrist Dr. Martin Alongi said:

"It's partly why we have a job. I just figure women in their 20s are going to do it. If they take care of their feet all the other time, most people can get away with it. There's going to be an occasional person who injures themselves."

Despite the options of sandals, platforms, wedges and solid heels, many women just can't give them up - and they are paying for it!

President of the American Podiatric Medical Association Dr. Kathleen Stone advises against wearing heels higher than 2 inches.

She added:

"It's very difficult, not only on the foot, but the knees and low back. The way the shoes put pressure on the front part on your feet, it applies compression on your toes and irritation to the nerves in the toes."

Constant pressure on the feet can cause thickening of tissues around the nerves of the toes, which results in pain, stinging or numbness. Not only can the bones of the feet be damaged or broken, but doing vigorous activities in heels may overstretch ankle ligaments - or even worse, cause them to snap!

Scary! Take care of your tootsies, ladies.

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