I fell about 6 weeks ago - I was walking the dog at night and of course I found the only hole in the yard. I fell hard and heard a pop, I experienced excruciating pain for a few minutes and was able to hobble into the house. I severely injured this ankle several years ago, falling in a hole again (go figure) and tore all four ligaments. Because of my history with this ankle I felt it was probably just a severe sprain. It did not bruise or swell too bad. I iced and elevated for about 24 hours. However, I am still having problems with it. It seems to "lock up" occasionally and I have a lot of pain when that happens. It feels rather week and I don't have full rotation without some minor pain.