The most common causes of ankle joint pain are muscle strain, trauma, rheumatoid arthritis and so on. 1. Muscle strain: if the patient does not pay attention to the protection of joints during strenuous exercise, it is easy to cause muscle or ligament strain around the ankle, muscle and ligament protection of the joints of the ability to decline, it is easy to appear ankle joint pain and limited activities. 2. Trauma: If the patient’s ankle is hit by external impact, it is easy to cause local muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues to undergo inflammatory reaction, which will lead to localized swelling and pain. 3. Rheumatoid arthritis: if the patient has a history of rheumatoid arthritis, when rheumatoid arthritis acute attack, it is easy to cause redness, swelling and pain in the joints. Causes of ankle joint pain is more, may also be related to osteoarthritis, gout and other causes, if the symptoms continue to have no relief, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of the disease, by the doctor targeted treatment.