If you sprain your ankle you shouldn't have kept going because pain is your
body telling yourself something is wrong.

Nah, I get what you mean. I meant more like the "Oh that didn't hurt. I'm a super macho guy, check out my masculinity!" type.

we drove 2 hours to get to the mountain we were at, we had been planning the trip for like 2 weeks, and we had only been riding for 4 out of the 6 hours we were going to spend there. i wasn't going to let a little pain stop me, if i stopped doing stuff every time it hurt i would never have gotten good at skating, snowboarding, or even paintball. i would have quit doing stuff i love a looooong time ago, and then where would i be now?


nowhere

I got repetitive strain on my right wrist ages ago (not sure if thats similar to carpel tunnel or not) while cubing one handed when my cube hadn't been lubed yet. it hurt alot and i couldn't wright for a few days. i didn't give up cubing though i just started practicing with my left hand, lol. not good advice!