 [ Symptoms ] my wife has an effection called staphylococcus please advise [ Disease ] an ankle sprain happens to many people if you have been walking and there is a ditch or the road is lower your ankle can turn and cause and injury to the ligaments ankle sprains can be mild moderate or severe if you have injured only a little bit of the ligament you may be able to walk on the foot and just have mild swelling with a more severe sprain you will not be able to walk most importantly it is important to treat the ankle well while healing this means full rest elevation of the ankle ice and medicine to reduce the swelling stay off of that foot either resting or with crutches for at least 7 10 days if you did not do that it is possible that the ankle ligament is not properly healed in your case its important to see your doctor again if it is still causing you pain