My senior year of high school I had some overlap between ice hockey season and soccer season. The WEEK before I was going to take the PAE or PFE i rolled my foot pretty bad, heard a snap and got a nice big green/blue foot. And, to top that off, I still played a playoff hockey game that night.
Well, I was scared. Foot healed, and I took the PAE or PFE.
It's when people start being too careful with everything that they get hurt. Seems like the natural response of the body is to avoid/minimize pain and damage.