I had a fracture in left ankle and had surgery this past April. after a few physical therapies, ankle locked--I was crippled for months--no doctor knew what to do, but one. I had surgery in August and October: a three inch bone fragment was removed from ankle joint, torn deltoid ligament and torn tibial tendon repaired in August. Then in October, hardware was removed as I told metal plate was wrong for my foot; peroneal nerve area cleaned up and above all:ankle joint reset cause evidently it was tipped on an angle. Much to my new surgeon's and doctor's surprise--by November 11th I was walking and swimming and really had Pt since mid October. everything was progressing--then this past week--limping and now my ankle is locked again. It is not swelling or inner stitches still dissolving--it's locked. The good, new surgeon is on his way to India for a medical mission trip and I feel by now--I need another opinion, but hardly any doctors know about locked ankles.