He has a high ankle sprain. It can be worse then a break. Gregory just had surgery 9 days ago. Geez!!!!! Injuries happen. Next man up.
I had two bad injuries in my sports career.
Torn achilles and high ankle sprain.
I played through lots of other stuff but those two shut me down.
High ankle sprain can be worse than break because it CAN heal very, very slowly.
Moderate can take about 2-3 months to fully heal and you can give yourself set backs trying it to soon.
Grade 1 - Mild
In mild cases, you can expect full ligament healing at approximately 6 weeks, but it may take longer to prepare you for functional sport again.
Despite most people being told to simply “rest” and it will recover, we find that these mild sprains often result in joint stiffness, ligament laxity, muscle weakness or tightness plus reduced proprioception (balance and joint awareness).
If not adequately treated these often cause your ankle and foot joints to compensate movement at adjacent joints, which can lead to several other injuries months or years down the track.
Grade 2 - Moderate
Grade 2 injuries occur when you have a significant ligament injury that allows the ligament to excessively stretch. In most cases, these injuries result in a recovery period of 6 to 12 weeks. With increasing injury severity, the rehabilitation process becomes more complex and extensive. Grade 2 injuries can be stable or unstable. Unstable injuries will require surgery.
All Grade 2 injuries should be thoroughly rehabilitated to enable:
- full range of motion
- full strength
- full proprioception
- full power and agility
- full return to sport-specific drills
Grade 3 - Severe
Grade 3 ligament injuries are when the ligament is completely ruptured. More severe high ankle sprain injuries can also include fractures of the bones or high ankle sprains, which will require additional rehabilitation time to a simple ankle sprain.