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[|Human|] my wife has ankle pain she has injured it severely when she was 16 playing softball she is now 25 the pain came on acutely and seems to be getting worse she is able to walk no problem but pain is releved temporarily with icy hot but comes back after about 10min
[|AI|]  We need more details of the prior injury to determine if it's related. If the injury when she was younger involved just the bone and not the articular cartilage of the joint, and the bone was in good alignment then the bone would have healed 100% with no residual problems. If the cartilage was involved in the original injury then she may have arthritis causing her pain at this time, or if the bones didn't set correctly she may have a new problem brought on by the old one. If the old injury was a purely soft tissue injury, such as tendon or ligament, and surgery was not done, the healing was done by fibrosis and scar tissue which is not as strong as prior to injury, thus more likely to re injure something. you're best bet at this point is rest, ice, compression, elevation, anti inflammatory, and take a X-ray. If the X-ray fails to reveal anything, an MRI would be warranted. If this is an arthritic inflammatory problem, a steroid injection may be attempted by a foot and ankle specialist.