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Chronic Ankle pain. MRI translation. Help desperately needed.

I sprained my  right ankle while playing football back in September 2015. It was a ligament rupture not a fracture but the doctor still put on a below knee cast for 5 weeks. After the cast was removed it never regained full strength and I started having inner ankle pain. I was doing all the physiotherapy exercises but it never got better.I avoided playing sports till June 2015 when I played friendly backyard cricket. I managed to sprain my other ankle as well and it was also a ligament rupture(and not a fracture). My ankle was put in a splint and I didn't put weight on it for 4-5 weeks (used crutches).I also did all the recommended exercises regularly to regain its strength. Nothing improved and I started having inner ankle pain.
My doctor said I had posterior tibial something in my left ankle and he wasn't sure about my right ankle so he sent my MRI for further reporting.
I have deep chronic pain in my inner right ankle. It is not unbearable but it doesn't let me run and play any sports. It has been bothering me for a long time now almost 18 months Please tell me how bad this is and if I will be able to play sports again or not. Thank you

This is what the report stated:

Report: Outside MRI films dated February 09, 2016. Axial PD fat sat, coronal T1, STIR and sagittal T1, T2 PD fat sat and STIR images were acquired through both ankle joints

Outside MRI bilateral ankles:
Talar dome appears bilaterally intact. There is no evidence of osteochondritis dissecans. Mild subchondral cystic change and localized edema seen in the distial tibial on the right. Ankle joint mortis is otherwise bilaterally symmetrical and unremarkable.Medial and lateral ligament complexes are also intact. There is no MR evidence of erosive or non-erosive arthropathy. Subtalar joint is also bilaterally symmetrical and unremarkable.  No fluid seen in the sinus tarsi, The visualized inter tarsal and tarsometatarsal joints also appear unremarkable. No abnormal bone marrow edema is seen. The plantar fascia is also bilaterally unremarkable. Tendons crossing the ankle joint lines bilaterally unremarkable.

Conclusion: Appearances suggest mild non-specific subchondral cystic change with slight edema in the right distal tibia otherwise unremarkable bilateral ankle joint MR appearances.
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