I sprained my ankle playing soccer 3 weeks ago. My coach took me out of the game for 20 minutes and assumed I would be fine to play again. Unfortunately that made it much worse to the point I fell to the ground in tears because of the pain. Later that day I went to the emergency room and got an xray. Nothing was broken and I was told it was a grade 3 (severe) sprain so he gave me a brace and crutches. A week later I got on MRI which showed that I completely tore the ligaments in my ankle. Then I was given the OK to walk as long as I wore a boot. I wore the boot for 2 weeks and my ankle was still excrutiatingly painful so I went back to the doctor AGAIN.. this time I got a fiberglass cast put on and am back on crutches. My ankle is still very sore. The orthopedist said I’ll need to be in the cast and on crutches for an aditional 4 weeks.

What can I do to help it heal faster? What can I do for the pain, obviously can’t ice it in a cast? Having difficulty sleeping at night because of the stupid cast. I’m looking forward to being able to walk again soon and of course play soccer!!

*i know i asked this but only got like 2 answers