Ruptured Ankle Ligament

[xplando]

I know that the most common injured ligament is the anterior talofibular ligament. But one red flag which pops in my mind when a patient still present with pain and swelling after 6 weeks of treatment, is other injuries that might have been misdiagnosed as a normal ankle sprain such as a resultant peroneal subluxation or tendonitis...etc etc.. so it's important to be re-examined and evaluated again.

[roycar]

See a decent physio. Do a decent rehab programme. If you and your therapist are happy you have addressed all that can be addressed from that side of things and you still have problems you may need to have an orthopaedic assessment with an experienced foot and ankle radiologist analysing your images.

I work with high levels sportspeople and I always get ankles/feet checked out if they aren't responding at 6-8 weeks of treatment. It could be a case of something less common but very troublesome like ruptured interosseous or bifurcate ligaments of the foot or indeed a peroneal tendon problem eg "splitting" etc.