Chronic ankle pain is normally a result of an overuse injury particularly if no specific traumatic event has occurred. It is characterized by pain on weight bearing that worsens with exercise.

Early symptoms in ankle arthritis are pain and perhaps swelling, after prolonged weight bearing or high impact type activities. If the ankle arthritis progresses then pain can become a more frequent occurrence and provoked by progressively less and less activity. Eventually pain can become present most of the time, even when non-weight bearing or at night in bed.

Pain in ankle has many symptoms, like;

Ankle swelling, ankle numbness, ankle weakness, ankle tingling, ankle rash, ankle itch, ankle coldness or other types.

Sprains to the ligaments of the ankle, pain or swelling after a fall, intense pain  unable to walk on the ankle, mild aching to sudden pain, discoloration, inflammation, inability to move the ankle properly and pain even when no weight is put on the ankle.

Ankle pain involves any discomfort in one or both ankles, it is often due to an ankle sprain. A sprain is an injury to the ligaments, which connect bones to one another.

In sprain the ankle is twisted inward, causing small tears in the ligaments, the tearing leads to swelling and bruising, making it difficult to bear weight on the joint & mild to severe pain and difficulty walking. Stiffness in the ankle joint and minor bruising may be evident.