How long does it take a broken ankle to heal?
If you have not called your doc and told them you continue to have swelling problems, you need to do so, pronto. Broken ankles take at least 6 weeks to heal, and after that it can take several months to be able to return to sports or other physical activity. Swelling is not unusual, and it isn’t unusual to have to have a cast removed, or have a temporary splint of some sort until the swelling goes down. Elevating your leg can help the swelling. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
There are many ways to “break” an ankle, given that the “ankle” is a conglomeration of many bones, and you haven’t provided us with any details on what exactly you’ve broken. That said, it sounds like you have a pretty serious injury given what happens when you are up on it. Doubtless you’ve been given instructions by your doctor to stay off it (in terms of weight-bearing forces) for a certain length of time, and it’s very important to do so given what your body is doing when you don’t. Be sure to use crutches when you are up and about. Providing you are using crutches religiously, then it sounds like you’ve got some circulation issues, and it would be important to keep your leg elevated as much as possible. Some injuries can take a long time to heal, several months, especially breaks that require hardware to put back together. And if you are aggravating it somehow, it will take longer. My experience with people who have their ankles casted up is that they get pretty impatient with usi
