Twisted Ankle That Never Heals

2 weeks is nothing with soft tissue damage.

The average break takes 6-8weeks to heal BUT

The average sprain takes 3-6 MONTHS to heal

Sounds like she sprained it. Which is SUPER common with gymnasts. We stretch all our tendons and ligaments out... then step wrong... and rip the bejeezus out of one of those loose joints. I badly sprain at least one ankle every year, and usually 2-3 times. My kness, hips, and shoulders all dislocate if you look at them wrong, but it's ankle injuries that are super common just walking around.

There are some very precise ways to rehab an ankle injury that vary depending on the exact nature of it. First step, though, is getting it wrapped correctly to protect it from further injury. Second (about a month later) is to slowly start strengthening it again... but it will still be weak and painful for a couple more months.

For a first timer, I'd strongly suggest working with a physical therapist.

Take her to the Doctor.

Children, have "growth plates."
http://www.dukehealth.org/health_library/health_articles/...
and per injuries they may get, it can get damaged.
That is why, with children when injured, it is always a GOOD idea, to take them to the Doctor.

My daughter, has a classmate that yesterday said she fractured her knee. But the parents did not know this, right away. Until they took her to the Doctor. Like a couple of days, later.

Injuries, can cause pain for awhile, and it can affect mobility in the meantime.

you'll need to go to the doc and get an xray. could have a hairline fracture. if its ligaments, she really needs to rest for a little while.

I agree with ReverendRuby ask her coach. When my son hurts anything I usually will ask his coach gymnastic coaches are so used to treating twists and sprains. My son hurt his knee a few months ago and he had to wear a brace for quite a while and gymnastics is going to be hard on a hurt ankle. So you may have to have a brace for it even after it is mostly healed. My son always wears braces on his feet when tumbling cause he has very flat feet. But ice and ibuprofen are good till you can get someone to look at it.

You should have wrapped it in an ace bandage right away. Ice it several times a day and keep it wrapped. Ibrouphen for pain, swelling and inflamation and ice ---ice -----ice. Lots of ice.

I twisted my ankles in TKD and wore ankle braces (elastic ace ones) for about a year.

Talk to her coach. Because coaches deal with injuries so much they know a lot about them. Her coach should be able to show you how to wrap it correctly and tell you if the wraps are available in her size.