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PartTimeBomoh t1_ixpr0t2 wrote

X-rays see bones not ligaments which are what get injured in a sprain. Ligaments are soft tissues like the rest of your skin and such and hence may not show up well on the x-ray.

There can be some indirect signs but these don’t always occur, for example: A ligament tear that tears off a piece of bone with it Widening of the joint space reflecting instability of the joint as a result of a ligament tear

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