How long you can play volleyball after breaking your ankle should depend on the severity of the broken ankle, usually it takes days to weeks, the exact time should wait for the ankle sprain to heal completely.
1. If the sprained ankle is mild, just a slight pain, you need to rest to ease the proper activities, you can relieve the symptoms, usually need about three days.
2. If the ankle sprain is accompanied by ligament damage, swelling and pain, you generally need to wait for the ligament damage to recover before playing volleyball, the recovery time is about three weeks, too early to play volleyball may lead to re-injury of the ankle.
3. If the ankle sprain is very serious, you should go to the hospital in time for imaging examination to see if there is any bone damage, if accompanied by ankle fracture, the recovery time is longer, about 3~6 months, after the fracture is healed, you should carry on the rehabilitation training, and you can only continue to play volleyball when you are fully recovered.
It is recommended that you should go to the hospital in time after breaking your ankle to find out the damage and actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment, and you should consult the relevant specialists for the recovery time.