i was put of by the size of your post as im not a brilliant or even average reader but i went trhough it anyway and im totally glad i did. the part where you said "People who have sprained an ankle often end up spraining the ankle again. If the ankle keeps turning in with activity, the condition is called ankle instability. Patients who have ankle instability lose confidence in their ankle to support them, especially on uneven ground. They often have swelling around the ankle that doesn't go away. Pain and swelling in a joint can cause a reflex where the body turns off the muscles around the joint. This can cause times when the ankle feels like it is going to give way, meaning it may have a tendency to twist again very easily." was interesting as i do twis my ankle a pretty high amount of times. i find myself having to get really stiff boots for ice hcokey as it can get sore then, i sometimes twist my ankle when im just walking (on straigh level ground ie in town). any idea why that is i thought it might have been what you wrote and i quoted but i dnt have constant swellign around my ankle.