I am a 26 year-old guy weighing 63kg. One year back my ankle got twisted while playing Volleyball. An X-ray revealed no bone injury, just a sprain. I was given medication and told to take rest. But I still have a problem with the ankle which swells when I walk or stand for a long period. Currently my weight is 79 kg. Please suggest some treatment/therapy or any exercise which can offer complete recovery from the injury.
Your injury appears to be a rupture of one of the ligaments around the ankle. Most of these injuries heal with medication and physiotherapy. Your trauma seems to be compounded by your unexplained weight gain of 16 kg in one year. You need to shed weight with a good diet and exercise plan. The ankle needs to be braced and muscles strengthened with physiotherapy. If the problem continues you may need an MRI and an orthopedic consultation.
1. Your increase in weight by 16 kg has clearly aggravated your ankle problem, which now has to bear the extra load. You must get back in shape with diet control, since exercise has been limited.
2. People tend to treat sprains as minor problems and neglect them, hence the pain persists. A plaster cast for 3 weeks would have helped the ligament heal well. Have strain X-rays of the ankle or an MRI scan done. An unhealed ligament injury will need surgery.
3. Corrective footwear with a W wedge sole along the outer third of the entire length of the shoe should be worn for 3 months.

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