2 weeks to a year: A sprained ankle swells initially because of the injury to the soft tissue and the blood/lymph vessels torn at the time of injury. It takes a while for it to resolve. Anywhere from 2 weeks to up to a year. If you have a tendency to have swollen ankles for other reasons it may persit forever.
Catching Up With The Traveler, Eric Menyuk. If the chips of fate had fallen differently, Eric Menyuk might have played Data for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation and in the four TNG big-screen adventures. Of course, Brent Spiner won the role, apparently just beating out Menyuk. Such is life. Such are careers in Hollywood.
The appealingly energetic Dax, with its trendy X-ending, has been on the popularity list for the past nine years. Its somewhat sci-fi vibe emanates from his appearance as a fictional being in the Star Trek universe, seen on the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The Power Rangers character Dax Lo was the Blue Ranger. In real life, actor Dax Shepard plays the TV character of Crosby Braverman on Parenthood.. His parents named him for the protagonist of the best-selling Harold Robbins novel, The Adventurers-- Dax Xenos. Dax is also a French community famous as a spa. Dax is unlikely to become popular in Australia, sounding too much like the word dacks, which means boys underwear.