Whether an ankle sprain has ligamentous injury can be determined by history, symptoms, physical examination, and imaging.
1. Medical history: i.e. history of ankle sprain, time of injury, and course of injury.
2. Symptoms: After ankle sprain, the affected area will be painful, swollen and bruised; at the same time, the normal activities of the ankle will be affected to a certain extent, and the ankle will not be able to stand up and walk normally.
3. Physical examination: to see the severity of local swelling, bruising, but also feasible lateral stress test, valgus stress test, etc., can be whether the ligament damage and the severity of the general judgment.
4. Imaging: X-ray, MRI, etc. X-ray can show whether there is a fracture or not. X-ray examination can see whether there is a fracture phenomenon, magnetic resonance examination can see whether there is ligament damage, cartilage damage, the severity of the damage.
If the swelling and pain after ankle sprain is serious and the activity is affected, you should go to the hospital in time to improve the examination, the doctor will judge the condition, and then follow the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment, do not take care of your own, so as not to delay the condition.