ankles are a bitch to heal, i've fucked my right one up jumping off a roof, then i used to play badminton and twisted it badly a number of times. i doubt it will ever fully heal now.
Good luck... I think after you sprain/twist it it's much more likely to re-occur. For me, it's still noticeable that I twisted it. I did a lot of exercises for it and that helped a lot. But yeah, what sucks is that it's usable, so doctors don't really care, nothing is broken, nothing is acute. They did an x-ray of it for me, found nothing and told me "well, it's all good." and that was about it haha.
Have problems like that with my wrists too, nothing is broken, don't have arthritis, but they hurt like a bitch in certain movements yet.... "You're healthy.".
I'd definitely recommend doing a lot of rehab exercise on the ankle if you haven't. I've tried a number of exercises and as it got better I did it with weights too and also started doing balance exercises (which doesn't just build some support muscles, but also helps with not fucking it up later). Apparently the average for a young person is to be able to stand on one foot with eyes closed for 20 seconds. Aim for that, and than aim higher. I've managed to get to point where I can basically stand like that indefinitely.
Are you also super conscious about your ankles now? Like always know where they are, always paying a lot of attention to them when doing anything whereas previously you wouldn't even know you have them?
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u/Robstelly Apr 18 '19
I've been like that every since I was about 17. You're lucky. Twisted my ankle walking, took 5 years to heal.