
Suggest Treatment For Ankle Sprain

Sprain ankle is the most probable reason of your symptoms.
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Hello!
Thank you for the query.
The most common injury of the ankle is sprain indeed. Fracture is usually less possible. If you have hit the ankle to something stable (like a ground) fracture should be ruled out. If the injury was caused by ankle folding, sprain is your most probable issue.
There are few grades of sprain ( from 1 to 3 where 3 is the most advanced sprain). Depending of the grade the healing time can take from a week to even 6 weeks. During that time the limb should not be overloaded. It should be also elevated when lying down (put a pillow under it).
Typical symptoms of sprain are swelling and pain. The swelling is more intense few days after the injury and gets gradually less visible. And so is the pain.
From your description your ankle is getting worse instead of getting better. The reason of that situation can be intense usage of the injured limb (if you didtn take some days of and do work as before the injury, the healing process wont be effective). Please try to rest and see if this will help.
If you have been resting and the ankle is not getting better, it might be broken.
This should be checked by an orthopedist. An x-ray should be done.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
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