Rolled Ankle

twinkiedooter · Oct 16, 2008, 04:43 PM

Ankles take a long time to heal properly. In May I rolled my ankle to the outside. The ankle and most of my foot turned black and blue. The black and blue went away after a few weeks. I am still having problems with my ankle some days. My entire left leg was somehow involved and my calf hurts as well. There is nothing you can do to rehab it except baby it and don't put excessive strain on it like playing soccer until you are fully healed up. I have wrapped my ankle and part of my leg off and on now for months. I don't wrap it unless it hurts as I don't want my leg to depend on the ace bandage. I don't wrap it at night or when I am laying down. Only when I am up and walking about.

tothesea101 · Mar 4, 2009, 07:42 PM

An ankle injury takes a full year to heal, and if you keep doing things to agrivate it it will just take longer to heal. Stay off it for at least six months, then start doing some simple excersizes. Don't play SOCCER until the full year is up.

sprainedankle · Dec 2, 2011, 09:31 AM

Hi Reno,

I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with a rolled ankle - they can certainly be quite troublesome, especially if you don't take a proactive stance on recovery.

When you say you have pain, do you still have any swelling?

Swelling reduction is most of the most important parts of initial recovery - from there, letting the ligaments heal, while doing range-of-motion and stretching can be very beneficial.

I wish you the best of luck with your recovery.

Rolled Ankle

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