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When outer ankle pain without swelling needs specialist careVisible swelling at the outer ankle is a poor gauge of injury severity — stress fractures, tendon tears, and cartilage damage often cause persistent pain with little to show externally — and the actual diagnostic signal is trajectory: whether pain is worsening, hampering normal function, or persisting beyond two weeks…Visible swelling at the outer ankle is a poor gauge of injury severity — stress fractures, tendon tears, and cartilage damage often cause persistent pain with little to show externally — and the actual diagnostic signal is trajectory: whether pain is worsening, hampering normal function, or persisting beyond two weeks of rest.
