If you have been in pain after breaking your ankle, you can consider cartilage injury, ligament injury and fracture, etc. You can follow the doctor’s instructions for physical therapy, medication and surgical treatment. 1. Cartilage injury: if you have been in pain after breaking your foot, you may have cartilage injury in ankle joint, because cartilage injury is not easy to heal. Oral painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs such as Celecoxib are needed for treatment. If the condition is serious, surgery is needed to clean the cartilage in the joint. 2. Ligament injury: After breaking the foot because of the lack of rest, the ligament damage has not been healed, the symptoms have been hidden pain. Physical therapy and hot compresses are needed. If there is no healing for a long time, surgical suturing and exploration are needed. 3. Fracture: If you have pain all the time after breaking your foot, you should consider whether there is a fracture. For small avulsion fractures, surgical excision may be necessary to resolve the pain. After breaking your foot, you should brake it in time. It is recommended that you go to the hospital to take an X-ray or do an MRI to see if the bones and ligaments have been damaged, and then go through physical therapy and medication.