you are absolutely right: you do need to strengthen and re-educate the ankle.Get hold of a latex rubber strip usually called a cliniband or dynaband which you can use to strengthen the calf. Try sitting on the floor with your leg straight
of the tension - stay away form the bone and acute pain though, and ice is good after this. You can do some cliniband exercises to strengthen the foot muscles pulling the foot in and out against the resistance of the band.Lastly make sure your trainers