Hi,
I sprained my ankle two weeks ago playing field hockey. It seems to be healing relatively well - the swelling on the outside of my ankle bone has improved significantly and the bruising is basically gone.
However I'm still have a lot of pain pushing off my toes and bending at the knee. A squatting position is painful at the top of my ankle, where the top of my foot meets the bottom of my leg. Still, this has improved significantly since the injury. A few days after, I couldn't flex my foot up against a wall (as if to stretch out my calf). I can do that now, but I am nowhere close to being able to hang my heel off a step (to get a deeper calf stretch). The pain is too great.
I'm able to walk normally - I don't feel pain, but I feel my ankle. I've actually been running on it - I can run normally, but I can definitely feel little twinges and stiffness in the ankle joint. Given that I have pain in the 'push off' motion, could I be dealing with a high ankle sprain? Will I damage it further by running on it? Are there any stretches/strengthening exercises specific to this area you can give me?
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long-winded post.