When will the swelling go away with my ankle sprain?

Question

I sprained my ankle 5 weeks ago today pretty bad. I went to the doctor an hour after it happened and it was xrayed and there was no break, just a sprain. They took two xrays. It was very swollen for a full week then the swelling started to go down. Since then the swelling has not gone down much more. I have pretty much no pain when walking, and I am walking as I was before the fall now. I just would have thought the swelling would have gone away before now, it still looks like a small egg on the side of my ankle. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to do? Or was anyone in a similiar situation? How long did it take for your swelling to go away? Thanks so much!!!

Answer 1

It's called chronic inflammation...it occurs because of lots of different things.... do some ankle exercises to help try and pump the fluid around

try these

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/sma/xankspra.gif

you can use heat to warm it up because it is not a recent injury, meaning it's been over a week since it happened, so heat is good for stretch and warm up.... then do exercises twice a day and ice afterwards. Dont over-do it though!!!!

Answer 2

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 3

I WOULD GO BACK TO THE DOC.. GET ANOTHER X-RAY THE SWELLING SHOULD HAVE GONE DOWN BY NOW

YOU CAN PROP UP ANKLE USE ICE 20 MIN THEN MOIST HEAT 20 MIN 4 x A DAY
TRY TAKING SOMETHING LIKE MOTRIN (IF YOU-CAN) HELPS WITH INFLAMMATION TRY TO STAY OFF IT IF POSSIBLE

MY DAUGHTER HAD A BROKEN ARM AND IT WAS A SMALL FRACTURE IT DID NOT SHOW UP RIGHT AWAY AND THE SWELLING WAS NOT GOING DOWN WE TOOK HER TO AN ORTHOPEDIC DR. AND THEY FOUND IT ON THERE X-RAYS

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!!!

Answer 4

use ice and elavate it when you are not standing. make sure to ace bandage on it for a little compression. It took me about 3 months to get the swelling to go down but i had to be put in a cast for a month mine was so bad. but putting the ace wrap on it and wear supportive shoes like sneakers that will really help

Answer 5

you cam use ice to make the swelling go down

Answer 6

SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU , A SPRAIN IS WORSE THAN A BREAK , LEARNED THIS FROM MY LATE MOTHER YEARS AGO! I KNOW I SPRAINED MY RIGHT ANKLE , NEVER BEEN THE SAME . SEE IT TEARS THE FLESH FROM THE BONE , THATS WHAT HAPPENS!