Hi mate, you asked about the length of injuries? First let me say I'm not just a guy with no fitness or leg muscles, who kicks a ball around, I've been playing for 22 years and I used to play at a pretty decent level, the division below the National League. That's in the past though, injuries stopped me from improving and now I play for a lower division team with some of my good mates, a good solid, hard-working team.

Now I'm 31 and injuries take longer to heal so bear that in mind. In the last match of the season of last year, I tore the ligaments in my left ankle. At the time I thought I'd done a bad sprain so I went to a doctor and he said I had "lightly strained ligaments" and I should take it easy for 3 weeks or so. Wrong. I left it for 3 months and it slowly improved, didn't hurt anymore and then we had a pre-season kick around and the first sharp turn I made to beat my marker, the ankle screamed in agony and down I went. So I went to see a proper sports physio who told me that all this time I had a grade 2 ligament tear and I would need to work hard to be able to play again. I spent 4 months going 3 times a week to these physio sessions, missed the entire pre-season fitness schedule and went in unfit but with a protective ankle brace on for a pre-season friendly. It felt fine, played no worries but due to my lack of fitness I took another bad fall on the other ankle this time and tore the ligament in my right ankle as well

This one was only a grade 1 tear and has taken 5-6 weeks of physio to fix. I now have to wear 2 ankle braces all season in order to play which are a little bulky and at first make movement and controlling the ball quite difficult. I'm still getting physio for both ankles and it's the left one(the grade 2) which is feeling the strain of playing again the most.

My best advice I can give to you mate, is once the ankle comes out of the cast, spend the 80 dollars or so to get a consultation from a proper sports physio if you haven't already. That doctor screwed me over badly and potentially made the problem worse. As for when you'll play again, I know for sure I can't run more than a 100 meters without wearing my ankle braces but they are so effective that I played 80 minutes on the weekend, 1 goal, 1 assist, without any pain from my injuries. If a sports physio tells you you've only strained the ligaments I would expect you to be playing again in no more than a month, possibly with a protective brace. For me, it's taken 5 months with 3 physio sessions a week(expensive) in order to play again. Hope yours is much easier mate

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