After your ankle heals from a severe sprain, youre going to experience A LOT of stiffness. dont over do it, but you will need to keep your ankle active and stretch it every day in order to prevent a chronic stiffness to it. When you find yourself just sitting in a chair, write the alphabet in the air with your affected foot, lower case and capitals. its a great stretch for it.

and for those of you with with lingering ankle injuries that youre pretty sure youll have to deal with your whole life, your best bet is to actively treat the ankle. if you experience swelling after activity, always ice, and elevate. and if you have a strong stomach, ibuprofen is the way to go.


also, those "frozen peas" pads they sell at cvs are great. they can be heated up or put in the freezer for therapeutic purposes which work great on ankles