Hi. I sprain my ankle playing roller derby four months ago. I foolishly did not rest it properly when I first did it, but I did use a cold compress at the time of injury. The following day I had an egg sized swell on my outer ankle bone. I continued to play roller derby at least once a week, avoiding certain moves which enhance the permanent mostly low level pain I suffer. I have not seen a doctor, because I convinced myself that it was just a sprain and it will get better eventually. I stopped doing most other forms of exercise when I got the injury, because of the pain, but roller derby is my life, and have found it impossible not to take part except for a four week rest period the whole team have had over Christmas. Of course I thought my ankle would fix itself during this time, but actually it feels worse some days. There is a constant almost burning sensation over the ankle bone which hugely intensifies and take hours to settle if I accidently put pressure on my ankle, for example, crouching down to pick something up with my foot flat on the floor, or walking down stairs. It has always be most uncomfortable at bedtime, throughout the night and mild (ish) and irritating pain often wakes me up several times. So I guess this problem is not just going to go away now and you are going to advise me to see a doctor, right?! It may be worth mentioning that a visit to the doctors where I live cost £40 each time, and I guess another reason for not going to see my doctor is the belief that I would have had to visit several times with this problem, and it still not being cured! Does this injury just sound like an aggravated sprain?