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Sprained playing soccer. What helped me most is doing a lot of deep tissue masssages and balance work with the brace on

Not gonna lie I ignored all the research and healed 3 days. Couldn’t stand on it day 1 so I decided to stretch the ligaments by moving my ankle to what I could handle. I didn’t ice it but 20 minutes 40 minutes between icing that same day. Day 2 I decided I’d try moving around on the toes so I didn’t feel as much pain. I limped for the first couple steps then fluid movements and it’d repeat whenever I get up after sitting. Day 3 I started putting some weight on the heel and shifted weight on and off. Well now it’s the night of day 3 and I’m walking fine. Massive swelling and bruising. I thought it was a grade 2 sprain but it’s healed a lot better than what is usual for such sprain.

My son sprained his ankle very badly and to recover would soak his ankle a couple of times a day in a bucket of ice water for as long as he could stand it. It worked, his ankles are 100% now.

Really like your style of presentation.Easy to understand in a friendly "lets fix this together" approach.Thankyou from UK.

Great advice on ankle braces! I twisted my ankle on an icy stairway. And I DON'T want it to happen again this winter!

Absolutely incredible video! I love how he laughs at every point you know people might have a complaint about price or strategy so he has a perfect response to alleviate. Amazing.

I sprained both my ankles at the same time. I pretty much put my entire weight on the outer edge and side of my right foot then the other ankle let go and that one inverted too. Bruised my middle toe on the right. Scraped up the area right above the AFL on both sides. I heal pretty fast but when I walk on the right ankle without a boot it starts to hurt right away. Now the left, I think after that ankle started to roll I went down on my knee (because I got a great scrape on the left knee), but in my xrays the doc said there was this little something detached (I heard the word meniscus). Now after a month he prodded it while examining me and it hurt bad enough that I hissed out loud. The thing is even after 2 days it still hurts right under my ankle knob on the outside of my left ankle and twice I felt something move and roll up and over the protruding bone. Is that my complete ligament tear moving around under my skin? Could the examination have re-detached the healing ligament?

Good, I got my ankel broken on 10th of December and I have still pain when I walk. I live in Greece so there might be some difficulties in language. Now after almost 6 months I have noticed that rest is good as you say. I am going to my home country Sweden on June 27th and I will try go get a meeting with a doctor there. Thank you for your video

I loved your video, it was 20min video, i thought i'll get bored but idk how i watched the whole video ❤

Was climbing off one of the short ladders at work- stepped onto the floor wrong apparently and my foot twisted inward. I was limping all day and told my manager but couldn't do anything til my shift was up. All I knew before now was that sprained ankles need support- so I picked up an ankle support wrap from my local grocery store. Keeps my ankle from twisting to the side and its comfy to wear!

This was the BEST video I've seen on ankle sprains. You really went into great detail and it helped me a lot. I wish you were in Florida so I could see you as my doctor!

I appreciate your videos so much! I just rolled my ankle 2 days ago. Near as I can tell I affected my ATFL & CFL. As soon as I got home I started icing and elevating. I swear by ice! It's getting a little better each day. I'll definitely watch it for a few weeks and see if I need to get it checked out. But this made me feel like I was on the right track, thanks again!

I learned so much in this video!!! Thank you! I will be going to see a doctor soon to determine which grade sprain I have. Thank you! 😊

I rolled my ankle back in November of 2023 (its now march 2024) ended up having a mildly displaced fracture of my posterior malleolus the ER only ever did an xray no mri, here i am months later with bone loss and still constant pain, i did physical therapy for 4 weeks only for my ankle to feel even worse. I went to get a second opinion from a new podiatrist i explained how i've still had pain and it feels like my ankle is going to constantly give out i was directed to wear my walking boot again. I've been waiting for almost a week now for my mri order to come through and hopefully to get some answers.

I fell going down steps in Jerusalem 4 weeks ago, inversion, hard hard hit on my ankle on the hard limestone ground. I had some bruising on the outside. 4 weeks later, it's still so sore. I've been trying to ice more and wear a brace. The pain is really quite deep in the joint. Your advice about xrays really help. I don't think i need an xray... so helpful. Thank you.

I Recently Sprained My Ankle At Work, it's Been A Couple of Weeks Already I Went To See The doctor At Work, He Recommended Me Going To Try Physical Therapy I Still Have Some Pain When Walking And Standing for A while. They Told Me I Have Flat Feet And Recommend Arch Supports.

I rolled my ankle while running. That's been years ago. I am still having pain. I enjoyed your video.

I sprained it walking on the road a couple of days ago because there was no footpath. A car was coming so my friend and I moved over and I caught my foot and rolled it inwards. OMG - I walked home and shortly after it was like a tennis ball. I had the XRay today (cos the fibula hurt) to see if there's a fracture. However the doc put a tubular support bandage and it feels SO much better.. I've rolled my ankle lots of times but never as severely as this!

Really helpful - I had surgery for a tri-malleolar fracture 2 weeks ago. Here in the UK, they give you crutches and a boot and tell you to do exercises. I can put weight on it while I have the boot and I'm going up and down stairs. I'm waiting for the go-ahead to start hydrotherapy: the stitches/wounds need to be checked first. The advice here is great - patience and discipline with the exercises seem to be a good thing. The pain is getting less now, and the ankle mobility is increasing. I am hoping to get out of the boot as soon as I can. I have more info from this so I can ask good questions at my next appointment.

Thank you so much for breaking down the knowledge and know how of the Sprain🙈🙏 I’m in my 6th week of healing a grade 3, it’s been real lol. Just upgraded from the boot to an ankle support brace. The one thing I feel could be left out of this jam packed info would be the videos/demo of people spraining their ankle. Yikes! It was causing flash backs of my pain & shock. Feeling very post traumatic lol🙏.

I live by myself. Watching your excellent video gave me peace. Now I can relax and enjoy my twisted and sore ankle 😅. Thank you very much.

Thank you Doc for this very informative & helpful video. My poor sister twisted her ankle last week in a pothole along the marina. This week, she slipped & fell due to the wet pavement caused by rain. She cried & luckily her neighbor helped her pick up her paperwork that scattered too.

I sprained it while playing soccer 12 years ago and now 5 days ago at work. I was thinking sauna would help but thanks for the advice doc. I won’t be going to sauna at all for sometime.

Hi! eversion injury and broken fibula on August 21. (Today is November 18) Complete dislocation but no broken ligaments or tears. That’s amazing - surgeon classified the injury as “horrific” ... whoa! Oxycondon-325 for a couple of days after Surgery/metal plate to repair Fibula. Wires to stabilize ankle after reset. (I have x-rays before and after) 2 weeks after surgery soft cast. Then 4 weeks hard cast. Now “air brace” for 8 weeks. (6 weeks to go!) Stretching and rotating ankle in the evening without the brace. Occasionally acetaminophen and ibuprofen. Trying to limit. Gabapentin for nerve discomfort. Originally 300mg 3X daily - made me dizzy and a bit confused. Had that reduced to 200mg 3X daily. So ... now I’m walking hobbling around pretty good with a cane to assist at times; the pain/discomfort is manageable but the nerve issues have me down - mentally. If I keep weight off, it’s tolerable - almost unnoticeable... but, when I move about it get’s really uncomfortable. What can I do to heal the nerve issue? What can I do to make this all better? Thanks (and I dog the video!)

Doctor, From my ankle injury experiences and pop science knowledge, your knowledge is impeccable. As a child, I probably had a major ankle sprain on each leg either grade one or two. As a 22 year-old adult, I had probably a grade two ankle sprain. At 35 years-old, I fractured the tibia and partially tore an ankle ligament(?) or tendon(?). As a child in the 1960s, my Mother treated my ankle sprains. She probably wrapped the ankles with Ace bandages and had me take it easy for about three days. The ankle sprain as a young adult, I treated myself. I made the mistake of using heat on my ankle. The swelling really ballooned in my ankle. I knew I made the wrong choice. Next time, I iced it and the swelling and pain went way down. Wrapping the ankle with an Ace bandaged also helped out the recovery. On the fractured leg, my friends “rushed” me to the emergency room and a orthopedic surgeon casted my leg in plaster for at least 6 weeks. The partial tear in the ankle healed 100% while in the plaster cast. While an adult, I have rolled my ankles (inversion) several times while running or playing softball. For some reason, I never suffered injuries. I wondered if my Major sprains as a child stretched out my ligaments. Ankle braces or wrapping the ankles in Ace bandages has helped out for swelling, pain relief and increase functioning. Soaking the legs in epsom salt and tap cold water has seemed to expedited the healing process of the lower leg injuries. Tylenol has helped too by attacking the pain, leaving the body to concentrate on healing itself. This is my experiences.

I sprained my ankle Playing 1 on 1 basketball and shooting hoops. I had not played prior to this for about 10 years of not playing basketball. I jumped and landed on my ankle there you have it it’s been about 2/half months now since the accident and still recovering.😮😢

I twisted my ankle walking in the woods. I stepped high from rocks to the woods with my granddaughter. I felt the twist in my right foot. I had the xray and a shot. I'll get the things to help me. I do feel the pain slide up my let as I sleep.Thank you!

Fell off a ladder and rolled my ankle inward. It's been done before and I learned to roll with the fall to reduce damage as much as possible. I've been working with, and continued walking. Although it has been a little sore, and swollen, it's been doing well. Last night, I laid down, and put my leg on my knee, and was massaging and rubbing my ankle. I don't know what I did. But the pain shot up the back of my ankle, like I pinched a nerve or something. Now it hurts to walk. There's no discoloration that I can see. But the pain is tremendous.

i twisted my ankle 4,5 years ago, took me 4 years to get back to normal, training without a brace (im a gymnast). Twisted the same ankle yesterday, by stepping off the low beam, could compare it to stepping off the bottom step of the stairs. Full weight on it when twisting, with a loud pop

Sprained ankle and fractured fibula when I stepped on a hickory nut. Your video is excellent to learn and to learn right exercises. Thank you

I love this video and foot doctor i looooove how u showed pictures and pointed out things by putting ink on your own skin great pictures just great thumbs up to u doc u r a blessing !!❤❤❤❤❤

Once broke my ankle at the last central training before the Dutch Championship handball for juniors,i made a spinning jumpshot and landed on my right ankle wich broke it in 3 places!!! Greetz SpieCull.😂🎉

The boot and ice helped the most. two days with the two helped the most.

I fractured my big toe (slip and fall) and I believe I compensated with walking on the outside of my foot, and now walking hurts, especially on an incline. When walking uphill, my entire calf seizes up so painfully that I have to stop and rest

Thanks!

I sprained my ankle and I think it,s a grade 3, I heard a snap inside my ankle while it happened. Its been 10 days now, and I'm still bruised, and it hurts alot walking. The doctors said it was not broken, beause my bone did not hurt when touched. They said even if my ligament is completely torn, they don't recommend surgery, because it usually makes more a mess than good. I do think they should do a MRI or something that shows soft tissue, so I can be ahead of a long long recovery with unknown complications. And they told me to rest for 48 hours, and then start to walk and use it as much as I can to my pain limit, then it recovers faster. They did not said anything about more rest in different injury grades, or recommended a boot or nothing, only got a supportive sock I could use if I wanted.

Just suffered a Maissoneuve injury with full deltoid rupture. Had to have surgical repair. Extremely painful and will be a long recovery. A little bit more extreme than the video covered, but definitely loved how you drew the ligaments on yourself! Thanks for taking the time!

Simply going for a walk and not watching where I was going. I stepped into a hole, heel first. So my CFL and PTFL affected.

Well im a skateboarder and my ankel is wrecked :/ but one thing that i do which helps with the initial swelling and pain is that i get 2 buckets one very cold with ice and one very hot, i will dip my foot in the bucket and switch every 15/30 sec for 30min between hot and cold . Im not a doctor but this helped me out many times, what im trying to do is basically move out the blood from the sprain by forcing it in and out the foot with water, trust me it is the best!

A ladder shifted on a wavey floor on a unfinished new home. Approx 5 ft up as I dismounted the ladder it shifted it one way I went the other. Landed on one foot onto my side. Throughout the day running up and down stairs plus climbing the ladder to finish the home. For 2 days now can barely walk, yet sitting or standing no pain

This is such a great teaching video.. great job. Anyone can look at this and truly understand.

Rolled my ankle while paddling in a 6man canoe for the first time in my life🥴. Time to learn how to care for myself while i get better at paddling with the team! Where's that coach!

I have flat feet and a torn ligament. Thank you for posting this video. I learned more from it than what my doctor told me about my foot.

So helpful!! Thank you!! God bless you! 🌷👍

I might've gotten all the sprains! Last year while I was hedging my lawn, a wasp flew in front of my face and freaked me tf out. I ran every which way and was not paying any attention to how I stepped. The area of my lawn I was hedging is also uneven and steps down from the concrete sidewalk, so opportunities for all kinds of sprains abound there! When the adrenaline finally subsided, I realized I could not put any weight on my right foot, and couldn't bend it in any direction. It wasn't bruised or purple, but the toes and ankle were swollen. I went to an urgent care, and was seen by a nurse; she didn't really examine my foot or anything, just told me I was fine with the wrap I had put on it and sent me on my way. Went back a few weeks later because I was still in so much pain and the bones in my ankle felt janky and completely unstable. They did an x-ray, said it wasn't broken, again did no visual or physical touch type of exam, and sent me on my way. Wrapping my foot with ace bandages added to the pain, so I kept it in a compression & stabilization sock. It took about 3 months just to feel better, not even 100%, about 6 months to feel ok without the stabilization sock. Here we are a year later and I don't know what I did to cause it, but the shooting, burning pain is back on both sides of my lower ankle, over the top of my foot, the underside of my heel, and running up to above my ankle.

I sprained my ankle in April 2023. There was a little swelling and bruising and a Little pain but I could walk and weight bear immediately after twisting my ankle. I wore compression socks for 2 months but not an aircast. In July, I started to feel alittle discomfort in the outer part of my ankle. I did an MRI and confirmed that I completely tore my ATFL. Im currently doing Physio but am wondering If i should use an ankle brace daily and for how long?

Thanks doc I had so many learn from you how to heal my uncle

Pot hole at the bottom of my driveway 10 days ago. No fracture, no swelling. Hurts and burns still. Front of ankle and in front of the outer round ankle bone!

Excellent presentation. Love your enthusiasm and the simplicity of your descriptions. 👏🏻

Excellent, so comprehensive, so complete. I am learning so much! Very clear. Thanks

I sprain mine this past weekend playing volleyball at a family celebration..been limping for 3 days

some tips for long time injury. i sprained my ankle several times over years and it healed always but i have now like chronic instability and hyperflexibility but still i do allot of exercise. but maybe i need to do more specific one more frequent and wider variety of. maybe some sugestion thanks

Ankle pain is on the outer of my left ankle . No pain while walking but when you get up there is pain on the portion just above outer ankle

Thank you so much for this timely information

Was just helping a friend load some branches into a trailer, missed a step and extended my foot downward with my toes which ended up going inward and rolled the ankle outwards...heard an extremely loud pop/snap... was in immediate pain walked it off til it stopped hurting, which it did at the time. but hurts with I try to point my foot inward but doesn't hurt push outward.. no bruises just a pretty good swelling

I was an idiot. I was walking downhill and didn't place my foot properly. I'm really mad at myself because I've never sprained it this bad.

Dismounted from my horse and did a total inversion roll and broke my Lateral Malleolus!

I sprained my ankle on a stone. I heard a cracked sound from ankle that moment 😂 I was in pain that very moment and It escalated quickly I started crying and laughing at the same time 😂 my mind tell me to start rubbing it out and I did. The pain went away I was walking again for some 6 hours so . Until I went to bed and during my sleep I was in pain again I was crying I couldn't helped it. I rubbed it out again. Now the morning I woke up looked at it was swollen a little and bruised slightly ,so i decided to massage it with warm apple cider vinegar and salt . It was a big relief 😌 I did that again in the night and the next morning my ankle was back to good again. So I guess it wasn't a bad sprained thank God 😊

Because I was doing home therapy at home because I have a partial tear in my rotator cuff in myleft arm

Very detailed. I learned a great deal.

Thank you very much for this, super helpful.

I snapped my ankle inward almost into a U a few years ago helping someone move. I thought I'd broken it or tore a ligament because of the burning and pain but it didn't bruise or swell really; it just hurt like a SOB for couple weeks. Speed forward to a few weeks ago and I wore my new leather supportive "walking shoes" from LLBean for a day and now my ankle is just like it was before but won't stop hurting. I ice and rest but need to use stairs one at a time or I suffer. I already stretch and take all the vitamins you mention and only real aspirin (blood issue) for pain. I can point my toes without pain but twisting side to side or pulling my toes upwards hurts. Doesn't feel like a break. I figured it is a ATL and CFL. But I don't know why using a better walking shoe would set this off after years of no issues.

Fibula fracture playing pickleball ball. Emergency said it was broken and gave me a tall boot. Day later, Podiatrist said no, not broken but a bad sprain, but didn't offer any advice but to wear the boot for 4 weeks.

Thank you so much for revealing this ..I had a ankle sprain 3 to 4 years ago I went to hospital the told me my bones are not brocken they gave me brufen since then my food never been okay i couldn't wear high heels anymore i cant jump i cant run my foot is now dropping i don't have a balance I'm a cripple now Since its been a while no do you thing my foot can still be healed? Please i need help i cant cope

I was at rock climbing, and my friend pushed me off the structure (because I did it to her) and I landed on my ankle funny. Later I was playing basketball and twisted my ankle outwards. The funniest thing is- both me and my friend have sprained ankles 😂

I injured my left ankle by stepping off a curb. This video taught me it was an inversion twist. My ankle is swollen inside and outside.

Hi I'm 72, hurt my front at the right angle. Was yesterday and only feeling 5 out of 10, pain, only about 2 hours now. About 10.30pm. Slowly getting severe. It's right in front of my knuckles on my ankle

I was in my driveway concrete and I was trying to practically cry my running but I slip some how and my leg went left then my ankle went a little left side but the doctor told me no damage just sprained

Note to self: be very careful of what shoes your wearing & your form while jumping mainly

I have a 5th Metarsal fracture, going down the stairs.. I stepped down on my cramped left foot.

Last weekend I was pushed from the stairs and when I fell, I saw something staring out of my leg. I thought it's a bones, but then in a hospital doctors said that it's a ligaments. My shame, I didn't know how it's looks like. On Monday will have a surgery to sewing the Brocken ligaments.

I sprained my right ankle 2 months ago. I’m not getting pain on the ankle however the puffiness on the ankle is still there. Any suggestions as to what I can do to reduce that swelling from the ankle?

Thanks for video, my PRFL, pain in this area. I have full movement. Been in pain with it for about a year hoping it will get better on its own. it was never swollen or bruised!! At a loss. £360 for MRI 🤷‍♂️

It happened so fast I was having knee problems prior idk if my knee gave out or I stepped down wrong. I was on a side walk getting ready cross over to another side and I went stepped down and twisted my ankle.

Fabulous video! Thank you so much! It is very informative.❤

I dont know what i did but i was playing football and the qb over threw it and i jumped up and i landed on it wrong And on top of that my friend slid tacked me

How mine happened was I was standing fixin to take over the counter pain meds and I don’t know if I had vertigo or being dehydrated because I was dizzy then I spit it out didn’t take it because I broke my cup when I fell

I slipped off a bed a couple of weeks ago silly when I could’ve sat on my behind and did it the right way

was playing soccer. i stepped in to block the ball. the ball hit the bottom of my foot and twisted my foot right as i was about to put my foot down. and then yes.

I heard my ankle creek when it twisted from a hole in the pavement, it took me to the ground, I nearly fainted and vomited. I couldn’t walk first day, then used stick for two days. I used arnica, ice and rest. Nearly five weeks later I still keep it strapped during the day. It’s getting better but after a walk it aches, I never got it seen and understand that I could be like this for up to six months. I walk about as much as possible.

MY LEFT FOOT GAVE OUT ON ME YESTERDAY SO I COLLAPSED ON MY ANKLE. IVE BEEN ICING IT AND HAVE A BANDAGE ON IT RIGHT NOW.

Thank you this is very helpful for my ankle sprain

thanks for the video bro, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! This helped a lot.

I have ATFL avulsion probably stage 1 and this video explains me what's gone wrong. Thanks

Very helpful for the follow up I will be having with my doctor.

I suffered with talus fracture and ATFl + CFL grade II tear. It's been 8 months but the pain is still persistent 😢

Hey.. I am feeling continuous pain in my right ankle (outside) , back side of my right knee n hamstring also.... suggest some exercises to relieve my pain... I am regularly doing lunges and squats....

16 days ago I was riding to work on my motorcycle, and a deer jumped out in front of me. At 45mph I was violently thrown off the bike. There was a deep laceration just above my ankle which took 21 stitches. My ankle is so badly sprained, I can just barely put some weight on it wearing a boot. There's a long road ahead. I'm hoping some tips in this video will help me. 👍

I did the very rare one, I had to chase my puppy my in law let out and I was in socks and slipped off the curb I sprained my ankle, foot, knee and all of my toes somehow. My toes are still numb its week 8. I have been icing daily staying off it. I also gained a bony spur in my achilles tendon. Good times.

As a 65 y/o retired nurse, I SO appreciate your excellent videos! I inverted my ankle going down a slide before I hit the bottom, with my 18 month old granddaughter on my lap. 20 years before I tore ACL and PCL and fractured tibial plateau (with no repair) on the knee, same side. One month out and feel just as bad, so started PT. Feel like I need a boot and still need walker at end of day.Going to buy a massage stick on your recommendation! Thanks again!

I was walking around a city with slip on shoes. The shoe twisted around my foot first, so to follow the shape of the shoe my foot also twisted and I went down. So the culprit was walking in slip ons too much. Got a grade 2 based on what you described.

For all future injury videos, you need to show pictures for all people of color (not just white). It's harder for me to determine if I have bruising as described in the pictures shown here because with darker toned skin it's difficult to identify it. Thus, it's also hard identifying the seriousness of my injury. My ankle is swollen, I can tell you that. I do see some darkness on the fibula, but my other unharmed ankle has some darkness in that area too. So I'm not sure.

I have pain above my left ankle due to excessive stimulation done by a junior physiotherapist . No pain while walking but while getting up I get pain in the area just above my left ankle

A week ago I was walking down the stairs & I missed the very last step & twisted my ankle. It is alot better then it was & it’s still a little purple above the heel on one side & a purple spot on the opposite side above the heel

I was walking on a sidewalk, I didn't notice side walk had a declined edge so I twisted my ankle. Since my body warm warm by walking I didn't feel much pain till late during the night. I'm having difficulty going up and down stairs. Since it's a weekend I will go to a clinic on Monday.

So I wreaked a 4wheeler 10 years ago and sprained my ankle bad I started walking and the pain got worse since then I’ve had ankle pain since then.

Very informative indeed, trying to fix my dorsal flex of 0 degrees, ankle knee fixed at 90 degrees, patience required

😭 tomorrow's my judo match ! And here I got my ankle sprained in practice fight ! how do I fix this !

Mine's a grade 2-3 but here i am, walking to work on day 2 😂