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Originally Posted by gettysburgfreak
I sprained my ankle pretty bad in PT almost a month ago and it is still a little bit swollen. It doesn't really hurt that much any more but the fact its still swollen has me wondering if it is just because I am constantly on it doing vigorous activities and don't have a chance to rest it, or could it be something more serious?
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Its not unreasonable for this thing to continue to swell for a while. I could speculate an anatomic cause, but it would be largely a fable involving healing tissue being leaky and repetative strain making it more pronounced. The key though is that it doesn't continue to hurt without (even gradual) improvement. It may get tight and uncomfortable because of the swelling, but if that "OMG something bad just happened" flash of pain, you are probably OK. All that said, I certainly wouldn't train at 100% until things were 100%...I don't know, keep it down to 75-85% effort
And stretch it out before/after. That story about scar tissue above, that would apply here as well....so the more limber the ankle is while it is healing (within reason of course) then the more likely the scar tissue won't shrink to a performance-hindering "shortness"