About 6 weeks ago I got a terrible pain in my left ankle (mainly around my (inside) ankle bone). I could not walk on it as I would get excruciating pain going up my leg - the next day it felt as though I had a steel cable all around my ankle and my leg felt twisted from the knee down. There was some swelling (not a lot) & very little bruising. I thought I would give it a few days - unfortunately it didn t improve. I started wrapping a tensor around it when I had to walk, but it got very painful after about 15 minutes and I found if I was carrying anything heavy it would get worse. After about two weeks I had an x-ray which showed nothing. It has now been six weeks and I am showing no improvement. I am assuming I have a torn ligament, but in the meantime, my knee and hip are starting to give me problems because of the way I am limping/walking. I have been doing some stretches as pain allows and trying to work through the pain, but am at a loss as what to do next. can you offer any suggestions?