Why does my left ankle hurt when I play basketball?

Question

Background:
Sprained my left ankle 2 times.
Sprained my right only once.

I'm just wondering why my left ankle hurts around the achilles area, whenever I play basketball... but my right never does.

I can still play... but it bothers me alot.
Sometimes, when it acts up, it's hard to run.

It doesn't hurt as much when I tape it, though.

Answer 1

you are right handed so you use your left foot when you drive. This puts more pressure on your left foot. anti inflamatory medicine from your dr. will make it go away.

Answer 2

Both my ankles and right knee hurt, and make a popping noise when I walk. That's what playing basketball does to the body. Especially if you play outside on concrete a lot. I don't know exactally what is wrong with your ankle, but be sure to wear mid-high top sneakers to avoid further damaging it.

Answer 3

I badly sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago. I was in a hurry going down the stairs, lost my balance and landed on a bad side of my left foot, causing my left ankle to be stretched going on the inside. The first 48 hours were excruciating and the pain was un-believable. I've never had a serious ankle injury before.

So I immediately treated it using the RICE method. The following day, the bruising and swelling were so horrible. I found out that I got a second degree sprain and immediately panicked after that. I had a football game on that week and it been looking forward to it because I've been training for rt. I had teammates that had similar injuries and it took them months to fully recover, some of them stopped playing altogether. So I kinda had a short-term depression because I can't imagine myself not being able to run and play sports anymore.

Because I was so desperate to recover again, I contacted a lot of people that I know who do sports and asked them if they had similar injuries. One friend of mine, from the boy's football team in my university, told me about H.E.M. Ankle Rehab. I got a copy 4 days after I got injured. I immediately read and followed what was instructed and felt improvement on the first day. I was able to walk a bit, but I was in pain.

A couple of days after that, the swelling and bruising were subsid-ing significantly and on the fourth day, I was walking comfortably again. Although I've had felt a bit of stiffness, I continued doing what was instructed. My sister was surprised that I have recovered this fast. I told her about this book and was shocked on how effective the procedures were. I'm just so happy that this book was shared to me and how effective it is.

Heal your ankle fully & fast?

Answer 4

your ankle just hasnt healed completely. you should consider seeing a doctor only as a precaution. yeah taping it keep syour ankle in place so it doesnt hurt. but little movements can cause pain. if it really relaly bothers you just see a doctor about it.

Answer 5

Maybe because left ankle is getting weaker than your right ankle.

Answer 6

o **** son some1 broke ur ankles, how bad did he cross you over? haha nah u probably landed wrong, if u not u have to buy a ankle supporter cuz ur ankle might b weak.

Answer 7

when you make a lay up or jump shot you may land backwardly on it
if it is caused by jump shots try to land at the same spot where you took the shot from and stop the fade aways

Answer 8

Take a week off from basketball

Answer 9

could be the pivot ankle do warmups and ice it after practive or game

Answer 10

maby your getting shooken up too much try play with people that are not as good as you