 [ Symptoms ] feel very depressed fingernails and toenails very brittle hair loss hair is kinky straw like pale skin insomnia suffer from copper deficiency [ Disease ] if you are able to walk on it and the swelling is minimal it is likely that you have a sprain that should be on the mend soon as long as you give it the attention it needs first rest it do not walk on it too much even if you can that may cause an increase in pain and swelling ice and wrapping your ankle with a compression bandage will help the swelling you can take pain relievers as needed according to the directions and keep your ankle elevated whenever you can you should see slow but continuous improvement over the next few days but do not hop back into strenuous activity too soon or you may suffer a setback and of course if the pain ever gets worse or you are not getting better see your doctor here is more info on ankle sprains unable to walk torn ligaments