Ruptured lateral ankle ligament – anyone got any advice? Never had bruising like this before foot to base of calf bruised. Is this normal?

Yip. Perfectly normal.

When I did my knee my upper thigh to ankle was purple.

Stick a folded blanket under your mattress at the foot of your bed, easy way to keep your foot elevated at night.

Pay for a physio if your going to have to wait for an nhs one.

Pay for a physio if your going to have to wait for an nhs one.

Do you really need to see a physio for a sprained ankle?

Yep, did mine at the end of July this year, bruising from above my ankle to the end of my foot for about a month. Still swollen now and still very painful but have been able to sort of walk on it for about 3 weeks.

You should get some rehab but make sure you control the swelling initially with ice. First week i’d be looking at RICE, ICE without a doubt for the first 48-72 hours then the rest of RICE.

I’ve done my ankle playing basketball plenty of times so ive been through it a few times now.

Ultrasound seems to have fallen out of favour at the moment but it seemed to do me some good to try and break down all the hard calcium/blood build up after the initial trauma. I would look to find a physio tho.