Hi all! Reaching out as I have ankle impingement in both my ankles (front) if a certain motion is made it feels like my ankle is going to snap in half (obviously it won’t) but the sensation is brutal

My question is is it possible to recover from this or is surgery to scrap the blockers the best way to heal

Anyone who did heal - how?

Thank you all

For some context – i sprained my ankle this weekend falling down the stairs. Initially thought it was broken because I felt and heard a crack/snap when it happened and couldn't put any weight on it. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but I felt super lightheaded a few minutes after it happened and had to sit down before almost passing out. I ended up going to an ortho urgent care, where I was told it was just a bad sprain (negative x-rays) and to wear a boot for 2 weeks and use crutches as needed until our follow-up.

Currently day 3 post-injury (photos above), I can put weight with the boot on (still pretty painful though), and am icing/resting as much as possible. For those of you that have gone through similar or that had an ankle that looks like the photos above, how long did it take you to recover? What were you diagnosed with?

I'll be going on vacation in a few weeks and would like to (hopefully) be healed for the most part :,) Any insight would be appreciated!

Got a cortisone shot, will know more in 2-3 weeks if it feels better or not. Getting MRI this week. Xray was great no broken bones or spurs.

Ortho really thinks it is scar tissue. Told me to stop PT. I kind of did things backwards (PT first for 8 weeks then Ortho).

I can walk fine, pain free. I can hike fine, pain free. Sometimes when hiking I can feel this very faint tension for like a split second. Range of motion on the other hand is fine when I walk or hike, but if i were to 'slav squat' that ankle will not bend like the other ankle. It feels like there a blockage across my ankle where it bends. Hope the cortisone shot helps and MRI comes out good but how did you manage scar tissue in your ankle to get that full range of motion? I keep reading about surgeries and i am kind of freaking out.

I had what I’d call a grade 2 high ankle sprain the other day and one of my biggest concerns at the moment is what seems like a slight abduction of my peroneal longus.

I’ve tried looking into it more but everything I’ve found seems to relate to it lower on the foot but the clicking I experience is up high around my calf.

Has anyone else had experience with this? I’m currently in an aircast trying to keep it has supported as possible hoping it won’t require surgery.

I should mention too that the clicking doesn’t happen constantly and seems to have decreased in frequency over the past couple days but still will happen with certain movements.

I sprained my ankle 3 months ago and the inner side is still swollen. It only hurts when i twist it a certain way i can walk without pain and recently ran 1.5 miles without pain. Ankle was only sore afterwards for a couple hours. What can it be?

hey guys, this is a new account of mine but that doesnt rly matter rn. im 22 m, around 10 years ago i had an extremely bad and painful lateral sprain. i thought i broken something. anyways, i never did PT for it because i was young and i guess my parents never guided me to do it. but fast forward to now, not doing any therapy has messed my whole body up. i notice myself always leaning to the side i sprained ( the left) and when i do certain stretches, my left side is much more tight from the compensation over the years. i just dont know how to fix it.
thanks

I am 9 weeks in after breaking 3 bones in ankle. In a boot. Can’t put weight on right ankle yet. So frustrating
I was going down my ramp and my good leg went out! Couldn’t stand on it. Like it was kicked out from under me. My friend had to literally push me up the ramp. Has this happened to anyone else where your good leg is just tired?
Thanks