HELP! Any way to tell if it's just a sprain or needs an X-ray? (Ankle )

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Dd hurt her ankle.
Pain when walking and resting, but isn't very good at expressing pain levels!?

Is there a way to tell if she needs an X-ray or of rest is enough?

I was always told breaks tend to swell less than sprains and are more achey pain in general when resting.
It's probably best to go to a minor injuries and get it checked, a GP would probably tell you to do the same.

Yes, minor injuries. They can have a feel and advise if they think it needs an x-ray.

Small fractures aren’t necessarily hugely painful. A friend of mine broke his ankle during a mountain marathon we were completing together and just carried on for the remaining 15 miles assuming it was a twist. He is pretty hardcore but even with his pain threshold he said it just felt uncomfortable. When he eventually went for an x-ray a couple of weeks later and they said fracture, they weren’t hugely surprised he hadn’t been in immense pain.