It will depend on how badly torn the ligament is.
- A grade 1 tear, which is only slight tearing of a few collagen fibers in the ligament that results in a little pain and probably no bruising or inflammation, will heal in 1-3 weeks.
- A grade 2 tear, which is moderate tearing of many collagen fibers in the ligament that results in lots of pain and probably will also cause bruising and/or inflammation, will heal in 2-6 weeks.
- A grade 3 tear, which is the complete tearing of a ligament, will not ever heal without surgery.
6 months
You don't. Torn and pulled ligaments can take as long as six weeks to heal. However, you can ease the pain by icing the foot and trying over the counter pain relievers.
12 weeks
5 to 7 days.
apparantely as low as 11 hours
Rodents, unlike most mammals cannot heal broken bones.
It generally takes 3 to 6 weeks for a mild to moderate sprain to heal. to fully heal the ankle it takes 1 year.
About 1 month if you don't make it any worse.
About 1 month if you don't make it any worse.
You will have to stay off of your ankle so that it has a chance to heal. If you use crutches and elevate your foot then it shouldnt take long for you to heal.
Ligaments are said to be hypovascular structures, which in plain English means they do not receive much blood. The slow healing of ligaments is thought to be secondary to this characteristic. In the words of former pro football player and later actor Alex Karras: "Ligaments don't heal". That is a bit of an overstatement - but not much.
It generally takes 3 to 6 weeks for a mild to moderate sprain to heal. to fully heal the ankle it takes 1 year.