Fractured ankle

Sprained and broken ankles share some symptoms and causes. Here’s how to tell the difference and how to treat each injury immediately.

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OK Ankle exercises? Weird, I know. But, your ankles are pretty important and without them you can do all the other fun exercises! So if you have weak ankles or you are having pain in your ankles during other work outs, this might help you out! I was a soccer player "back in the day" and I always had to wear ankle braces while playing. I hurt my ankles more times than I can remember. What is crazy is that they still give me trouble. You would expect them to hurt after running a lot or when…

As I wrote in a previous post with much more detail (see here), I fell off a mountain and broke my ankle in three places, then managed to break a bone in my 5th toe on the other foot. This meant that my right ankle was in a hard cast for 6 weeks and I…

As of Tuesday night Jayden injured his foot/ankle. Wednesday morning found out he has fractured metatarsals and fracture in ankle. Either way this was not how he expected to end his summer. Could use prayers for healing and for the swelling decrease. Believe if we can get swelling down then pain management would be easier.

Typically, it takes a broken ankle about six to eight weeks. Therefore, if you want to help your broken ankle heal, you might want to consider taking the following steps.

An "ankle fracture" (broken ankle) occurs when one or both of the bones (fibula or tibia) making up the top part of the ankle joint are broken. Most commonly, this is the bone on the outside of the ankle (the fibula).Ankle fractures can be broadly divided into two groups:

A fractured ankle may range from a simple break in a bone, which cannot stop you from walking to various fractures, which forces your ankle out of position and can need that you don’t put weight on it for a few months.