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[|Human|] I play hockey about 3-5 times a week and in recent events I went to a practice on monday and felt a lot of pain on the front of my foot by my ankle. I went to 2 more practices that week and pushed my self through the pain, but on wednesday before practice I was in way to much pain to skate and got off the ice. My coaches told me it was lace bite and that I should ice it. Since Wednesday I have been icing it like crazy and it has not gotten better at all, I am still in the same amount of pain as I was on wednesday. I even bought a lace bite pad to put in my skates so i could get back on the ice, but when I tried my skates on at home and did some movement it was still in a lot of pain. Do you know what I could do so I can get on the ice as soon as possible?
[|AI|]  Hi, Thank you for providing the brief history of you. A thorough Neuromuscular assessment is advised. As the pain is in the front of the ankle, it can be related to an anterior tibiofibular ligament sprain. For which you may have to first immobilize the ankle, as ligament injury takes a little longer time. Proper rehabilitation and training is needed to get the efficient torque. As you an ice hockey player, the chances to get the ligament sprain are high and needs a thorough musculoskeletal assessment, so the sport can be continued with high scale of fun. I will recommend you to undergo an MRI of the ankle post musculoskeletal assessment by which the soft tissue status is noticed. As there is a saying -"prevention is better than cure" so why not come to the proper diagnosis and get helped. Also, later stages you might need to visit a sport physical therapist for proper retraining of the ankle to get the maximum torque during the play. For detailed suggestion/queries/inputs/rehabilitation plan - contact me and I will be happy to help you. RegardsJay In Chat Doctor.