The most common causes of burning sensation in the ankle joint are localized infection, ankle sprain, lumbar disc herniation and so on. 1. Localized infection: if the patient’s ankle joint is traumatized, the skin breaks down and is easily infected, and then local inflammation occurs, it is easy to appear redness of the skin, pain and burning sensation. 2. Ankle sprain: if the patient carries out strenuous exercise resulting in ankle sprain, muscle and other soft tissue strains are prone to aseptic inflammation, which causes localized swelling, pain and burning sensation. 3. Lumbar disc herniation: the herniated lumbar disc compresses the nerves, which may cause numbness in the ankle joint as well as abnormal skin sensation, and there may be a burning sensation. Causes of burning sensation in the ankle joint are more reasons, may also be related to gouty arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other factors, if the symptoms continue to have no relief, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease, by the doctor targeted treatment.