Ankle sprain won't go away?

I don't. Sprained mine a few years ago, and feel like it will never be 100% again. PT exercises might help - they keep mine somewhat under control. How old are you? I'm in the 40+ club and just assume it is a sign of getting old.

dont run through it. think in these terms- it is better to take 2 months off now than to lose two years endlessly trying to start back and crash landing. ... i did it the hard way. trying constantly to start back..... what eventually worked, though there are still signs of injury, was massive patience. starting back very slowly after a few months off. and lots of time on a simple balance beam. a 2 x 4 layed on the floor wide side up... i believe my injury is peroneal tendon. probably a slight tear. it is very possible to end up crippled by ignoring the pain warnings. eventually i took time off and started back very slowly. and took a few more rest days occasionally. and spent 6 months easing in to starting the season. and still i keep it in a brace every run and both tape and brace it for harder workouts.

Took me 2 years to feel completely normal after sprain. Only took a month with no running at all. Did not feel right but not bad enough to stop. Took unrelated couple months off year and a half later and when I came back to it everything felt 100%.

I rolled my ankle and sprained it, too, around the same intensity that you describe. I didn't run on it for a few days while it was still fresh, but I heard from people on this forum if you wait for it to be 100% before you come back, you'll never be back. I got an ankle brace from Target for like $15-$20 and used it for all my runs and normal walking. You are essentially doing this so you can continue to run without further injuring/ re-spraining the ankle. I was feeling fine after 2-3 weeks with it on, but left it on for about a week more to be safe. Finally took it off when the thing was just too annoying for me, and turns out my ankle was fully healed. Good luck.

Forgot to add: only after my ankle felt good enough that I could put some stress on it, I did some bilateral mobility band work. Helped me to build up strength and ankle didn't feel weak when I was back to running normally.

Run through it. Trust me. Rested sprains never heal properly.

It might hurt slightly for years but it will get better if you keep it moving.

I severely sprained an ankle and had an avulsion fracture to boot and I ran through it and it healed very well. It did ache from time to time for about 6 years.

A "minor grade 1" sprain to precisely which ligament?

And it is likely you'll never be quite the same as before. It won't heal up quite as tight and then everything else has to adjust, which takes forever.

WanklePain wrote:

Sprained my ankle (minor, grade 1) a week before racing the Berlin marathon. Taped it up and got through it with no real pain but now, 3 and a half weeks later, it's still bothering me. Seems to get better then get worse again. Didn't run on it at all for 10 days afterwards and have only been doing recovery pace stuff occasionally since then when I had no pain. Did a 10k this morning, again with no real pain during the run, and now it's bothering the hell out of me now. It's over 4 weeks since the original injury occurred now. Any advice how to finally end this crap?

Have you tried reverse flexitation?