Causes

By Mayo Clinic Staff

Injury to any of the ankle bones, ligaments or tendons and several types of arthritis can cause ankle pain. Common causes of ankle pain include:

  1. Achilles tendinitis
  2. Achilles tendon rupture
  3. Avulsion fracture
  4. Broken foot
  5. Bursitis (joint inflammation)
  6. Gout (arthritis related to excess uric acid)
  7. Osteoarthritis (disease causing the breakdown of joints)
  8. Osteochondritis dissecans
  9. Plantar fasciitis
  10. Pseudogout
  11. Psoriatic arthritis
  12. Reactive arthritis
  13. Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
  14. Septic arthritis
  15. Sprained ankle
  16. Stress fractures
  17. Tarsal tunnel syndrome

Causes shown here are commonly associated with this symptom. Work with your doctor or other health care professional for an accurate diagnosis.

From Mayo Clinic to your inbox

Sign up for free, and stay up to date on research advancements, health tips and current health topics, like COVID-19, plus expertise on managing health.

To provide you with the most relevant and helpful information, and understand which information is beneficial, we may combine your email and website usage information with other information we have about you. If you are a Mayo Clinic patient, this could include protected health information. If we combine this information with your protected health information, we will treat all of that information as protected health information and will only use or disclose that information as set forth in our notice of privacy practices. You may opt-out of email communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail.

March 13, 2021

See also

  1. Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis)
  2. Broken ankle
  3. Reactive arthritis
  4. Sprained ankle
  5. Integrative approaches to treating pain
  6. Nutrition and pain
  7. Pain rehabilitation
  8. Self-care approaches to treating pain
  9. Ankle sprain