Since a soft tissue injury can actually be worse than a broken bone, the best place to find out how long to expect your ankle to take to heal and how best to treat it, is from the your Doctor Who will take into consideration the injury, in the context of your other current health conditions, medications you may be taking that may influence its healing, as well as past health history and age, that could be important. Serious injuries should be diagnosed by a physician who knows this information, and that's a great time to ask questions such as this. Sadly, some sprains may always leave a weakness, never seeming to be quite healed. Sometimes it may take physical therapy or other intervention to help it fully heal correctly. Thankfully, this doesn't happen frequently.
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How long it can take for a sprained knee to heel is dependent upon the severity of the injury and the patients capacity to heal. It could take anywhere from a few weeks to a couple of months for healing to occur.