Sprained my ankle today pretty badly. Safe to train?

[Aslin]

I hope the above picture works. It is a picture of my ankle, nice and swollen. I had to miss my Friday intensity session today as there was too much inflammation and I had to go to hospital to make sure I didn't break it. It's been about ten hours since the accident and it feels much better. I am hoping to return to training on Monday and squat some nice intense volume.

I would just like to ask if anyone has experience with sprains and how soon they got back to training. And if that made it better/worse.

Thanks.

[Mark Rippetoe]

My horse fell on my leg one time. Rolled around on my ankle. I squatted that night.

[Aslin]

I'm such a pussy. Thanks Rip.

[bugbomb]

If you can train, it will probably make it better.

[melody]

I trained on a sprained ankle a year and a half ago. Pulling sucked but squatting was just fine, especially with a high, tight wrap.

[Dan3088]

I ran a half marathon on a sprained ankle didn't do me any harm.

[Larry T]

I've got a case of sciatica that makes your sprained ankle look like eye strain.

[kpoff]

My horse fell on my leg one time. Rolled around on my ankle. I squatted that night.

It takes a lot to break an ankle. I fell out of a tree once and landed right on my ankle. I thought for sure it was broken. When my dad got home, I told him I am sorry I broke my ankle we can't go to the shooting range. He looked at it, determined it was fine and said let's go.

Honestly once I started walking and moving around on it, it was. Must be an evolutionary reason why it's hard to break an ankle.

[kel]

I would keep your foot elevated all day and ice the hell out of it. I sprained both ankles about 5 times each. 2 of those times were really bad and there was no way in hell I would have been able to squat for a week. If you feel ok doing squats by monday it'll probably help with healing. If it hurts like hell to walk you probably can't squat.

[Mark Rippetoe]

kel is a little girl. Not even a picture will convince me otherwise.