“By definition, a sprain is an injury to a ligament, and a strain is an injury to a muscle,” says Mark Riederer, MD, a pediatric sports medicine specialist at University of Utah Health. “That’s really ...

but you have ankle pain, swelling, and/or bruising after an injury to your ankle, you will likely be diagnosed with an ankle ...

Then in Week 10 against the Buccaneers, Williams injured his left ankle, an injury which the 49ers called a bone bruise in the ankle joint. He played through it the next week against the Seahawks.