I have had a lifetime of sprained ankles. They take a long long time to heal. About every 6 month I would sprain my ankle, bad. So ten years ago I sprain my ankle down in central America, NO ICE, no doctor. Basically I totally avoided any aspect of the R.I.C.E. therapy. It was a bad sprain, I limped it out, just kept going. That was ten years ago. I had not injured my ankle for ten years after that. I will not ice an injury, keep it moving and elevate it.