# Sprained Ankle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 11, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankle/395499 "2007-03-11T18:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankle/395499/1 "2007-03-11T18:46:20Z")
I realize this is toeing the line about no medical advice, so if you think it crosses, go ahead and close the thread. I’m not, however, asking about treatment/diagnosis for an existing condition. About 8 months ago I think I twisted my ankle by stepping on a shoe, then I elevated it a bit and my foot fell asleep. Next, I forgot about it and tried to stand on the foot that was asleep and it went pop. I never went to a doctor about it, since there was no swelling (not even a little) and the pain from walking around went away after a day or so. There was pain from stretching it, but that slowly diminished the more I pushed it, until after about 4 months there was no pain when stretching (unless I tried to stand on the side of my foot on that leg). Does that sound like it was actually a sprained ankle, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankle/395499/2 "2007-03-11T19:58:40Z")
Sounds like a mild sprain. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankle/395499/3 "2007-03-11T20:46:03Z")
[understanding ankle sprains](http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010101/93.html) ---
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sprained-ankle/395499/4 "2007-03-13T00:30:08Z")
Thanks…quite good info there, better than I was able to find by random googling.