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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
If he dislocated it, the odds are still pretty good he'd have some small malleolar fractures right at the edges of the joint that occurred as a result of the displacement as the joint separated. Those may not have shown up on the initial X-Rays; may need swelling to reduce or an MRI for those to surface.
That said, in the grand scheme of things, they're pretty irrelevant.
But ultimately look at it this way, you have a bunch of parts that are REALLY well connected in there. And for a dislocation to occur, you need some part of that mechanism to fail. It could be as 'simple' as the ligaments tearing and the foot just sliding out. It could be a severe sprain that create clearance and then some small fracutres around the joint as the foot comes out. It could be a broken fibula that 'freed' the joint as the rotational torque came through.
If (big if) it dislocated, it's almost certainly just a question of how long the rehab will take and he's going to be out for the year. Because you just can't dislocate a joint that's as tight as that ankle joint without doing some pretty substantial damage to SOMETHING.
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I read a dislocated ankle could take up to 4 to 6 weeks to recover. If that's what it is then that would be massive.