Progression of Ankle Pain Injury?
Ankle pain and instability can become chronic and the joint surface suffer due to wear and tear making pain and early onset of osteoarthritis.
Treatment for Ankle Pain
Steroid Injection to the ankle joint can reduce inflammation and pain. Once the injection has been administered, full ankle stability and range of movement exercises should be the goal to increase movement and reduce instability.
Physiotherapy is another opportunity to be tried first.
Simple day surgery procedure such as keyhole surgery to remove an osteophyte are fairly simple and will help significantly.