Injuries - November 2007

i twisted my ankle last thursday and it still hurts. I have been playing basketball and soccer on it and i would still like to. i was wondering if keeping it in an ankle brace would make it feel better or not. My dad saidit would but i have been weaqring one and it still does not feel better. What do i do???????

2007-11-15 10:26:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I guess I’ve twisted my ankle. I was walking down the steps at the university’s library Tuesday night and neglected to notice that last step, so I sort of toppled down the last few stairs. My ankle swelled up immediately, and I have a nasty bruise. I didn’t get to put ice on it for four or five hours, since I had a group project to work on. So, I walked a half- mile to my car and drove home on it (it’s my right ankle and it takes me half an hour to get home), which I think was a bad idea. I also have done some walking around campus over the last two days, going to work and classes and such. I have been icing it once or twice a day and wearing an ace bandage, and during the day there isn’t too much pain. The pain is at the top of the ankle. I seem to have almost full range of motion. (And I know I’m not supposed to limp.) So, my question is, is this sprain very severe? When can I return to running and jump-roping to work out? Can I ride my horses? When I ride horses, I need to put my heels down. Also, my horses are young and require a lot of walking around on the ground (for me) when I’m exercising them before I ride. Are the horses a bad idea? I don’t want to do any damage. I’ve never sprained an ankle before and I don’t want it to become a chronic problem.

2007-11-15 10:07:05 · 4 answers · asked by Rebekah 2

Sometimes at night ill be sleeping or laying down for a awhile and then ill straighten my leg and then all of a sudden it feels like ive torn my calf and my calf tightens up hard as a rock and hurts like hell and it usually does that for a couple of minutes. Then it hurts for me to walk on it for a couple of days, it doesnt hurt to move with it, but it feels like im stretching it when i walk. its the calf thats on the inside of your leg(whenever you put your legs together they touch) that calf, i dont know the names of the two different muscles. Im only 17 and im very athletic, so im scared that if this keeps happening something might go badly wrong. so could somebody please tell me why this happens or what i could do about it? thanks

2007-11-15 08:48:10 · 2 answers · asked by Sam O 2

What is the best thing to do??

2007-11-15 08:28:30 · 8 answers · asked by :) Miss Hockey Lover :) 4

i think it might be fractured right now, im not sure.
if u read my other question, you would know what i am talking about.

i want to break it. because, as messed up as it is, i think putting it in a cast would make it feel batter. i know there could be complications, but to me, its worth it. i want a cast so i can fix it & it wouldnt hurt so bad.

what are some simple ways u broke ur wrist or someone u know broke theirs? or just some ways? please help

i dont like the whole "brick to your wrist" idea. it would be kind of hard to explain to my parents how a brick "fell" on my wrist

&no im not crazy & dont need to be institutionalized

ps; im a 13 year old girl [14 in a month & 3 days] idk if that matters

2007-11-15 07:30:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay...last night, I think I ate something wrong, and last night I rememembered going to sleep with my legs hurting like heck.

Now, I woke up (Lol...so pathetic, I know), I look at my legs, and both of them, from my knees down has like these pink bumps that hurt like heck when you touch them. I have gym today, first thing in the morning at first thing of school, in 3 hours. What should I do.?

It really hurts and I really want it to go away, because it doesn't look so good when anybody glances at it.

Any answers will be appreciated! But please, mature answers only!

2007-11-14 23:51:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Looks like broken blood vessles! Numb to touch and painful to touch in certain areas! Is this normal? I am so tired of hurting!

2007-11-14 21:58:18 · 7 answers · asked by lil mami 4

last week I was winding yarn and had some wound around the fingers of my left hand and the ring on my finger got pushed into the top of the knuckle where the finger starts, I took the string of fast cause it hurt and I thought that was it but it has been bothering me since, it is not swollen, it is slightly blue, although I am not sure if that is a bruise or coloring from the ring, anyways it only hurts in that 1/4 inch between the knuckle and webbing between the fingers and it only hurts when I am not moving it, like at night when I am letting my hand relax, the pain comes and goes and is an ouch kind of pain not an owie! owie! owie! owie! kind of pain, is it worth getting it checked out? It is really more annoying more than anything.

2007-11-14 16:38:41 · 1 answers · asked by pumpkin2 1

the tips gone black in patches and its twice its normal size, its painful (although it does not feel broken) and its also cold and very hard to the touch- - its huge.....

Should I be concerned?

2007-11-14 15:20:59 · 5 answers · asked by StuartFox 2

A while back I was running every day. This went on for a few months until the inside part of my right ankle (allong my ackilles tendon) got sore. So I backed off and just swam. Now however, I've started training to play competitive soccer again. I've been going out to a field every day to train. The surface is hard. One day a week, I've been using ankle weights. I'll wear them for about half an hour. I went pretty hard with them on Monday. On Tuesday, my right ankle was sore in the same spot that it was when I had been running. I've been taking it easy since then, but I don't know how long to take off and/or how to prevent this from happening again. Do you think the ankle weights did it? If so, why is only my right ankle bugging me?

2007-11-14 11:40:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have slight neck, shoulder, upper arm, knee and ankle pain. I have some bruising at the time of the accident.

2007-11-14 10:50:37 · 4 answers · asked by Heather N 1

How many seconds should each one be?

2007-11-14 09:17:32 · 12 answers · asked by Whatupdawg 3

While sewing a lady took a sewing needle and placed it in the corner of her mouth. She got preoccupied with a few other things and when she went to get the needle from her mouth it was gone. She looked through her clothes, the couch she was sitting on and the floor surrounding her and was unable to find it. She was having some pains in her throat annd the next day it the pains were further down her throat and the next day the pain was under her ribs. Is this truely possible?

2007-11-14 07:18:37 · 5 answers · asked by really???? 3

I have tendonitis in my biceps (at the shoulder) and I'm wondering what works best to heal it. Please be as detailed as possible and only speak from your experience (no theories please).

Thanks in advance.

Ron

2007-11-14 05:44:17 · 2 answers · asked by RC 1

I was doing jiujitsu and my sparring partner tried to cross face me but instead dug his elbow into the side of my adams apple. i immediately removed it but it already did quite some damage. Now whenever i swallow my saliva, food, or water it has a sharp pain on the left of my throat. Anyone know if there are any severe problems that could happen by this?

2007-11-14 01:30:46 · 7 answers · asked by Done Deal 1

hey, today i copped a hit to the nose off a headbutt, accidental, it was bleeding for about ten minutes then stopped.

its still tender to touch the bridge of the nose but is no longer bleeding...it also looks a bit out of shape...is this just swelling?

also, only my right nostril is clear, the left is blocked....this is the side with a slight bump

please help, much appreciated

2007-11-13 17:09:01 · 5 answers · asked by australiaarsenalbeach 1

when i do jogging i feel pain in my ankle

2007-11-13 17:04:32 · 10 answers · asked by najam-us-saqib 1

her forehead swelling.is she need to go her doctor..?

2007-11-13 16:49:44 · 4 answers · asked by krys g 1

Yesterday at lunch this guy named chris was sitting in a chair and i was standing right next to him. Well he like hugged me really hard and it popped my hip or something in that area and it hurt really bad. Today in pe we were just walking around the track and after like the second lap just walking my leg or something kept like popping out and you could feel it, it hurt a little but not that bad. What did he do to my leg. Oh and by the way ya i like chris so i'm not mad at him.

2007-11-13 15:34:22 · 8 answers · asked by Emily 6

2007-11-13 08:49:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I fell in lake in 2003 I was rushed to Hospital them Knowing I was seizure disorder,They had left me unattended with bed rails down I had went into a seizure and the bed,surgical tray and pump fell on me causing me to have surgey done on ancle after 8 months of pain before now since this happened I've had alot of memery loss,back pain ect...

2007-11-13 07:06:21 · 14 answers · asked by Tina 1

I touched something that had rubbing alcohol on it and then rubbed my eye then i rinsed out my eye with cold water and it is still red, will this cause serious problems, should i consult a doctor. will my eyes be ok, what can i do to help my eye??!(it was lucky a very small amount of alcohol0. so hopefully it won't be an issue.

2007-11-12 20:33:14 · 8 answers · asked by noone 2

2007-11-12 12:39:51 · 3 answers · asked by beastpob 1

The doctor at the university health clinic told me Congress had passed some law recently preventing this from happening (until you turn 23) but I wasn't able to find any information on the insurance website.

2007-11-12 08:45:39 · 3 answers · asked by v.r. 2

i dont know what to do i am scared to death of shots and i have to get two tomrrow! im already worked up about it!
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-11-12 08:17:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

First off my name is Courtney and I'm 19. Just over two weeks ago I was in a car accident while on my way home from a halloween party. I suffered major neck and head trauma as a result of the accident, and I also fractured both my wrists. I leave the hospital in five days, just in time to be home for Thanksgiving.

For the past three years I've gone shopping on Black Friday and I don't want a stupid accident to keep me from going this year. I'm able to walk just fine but I'm really insecure about going out because of how I currently look.

I'm currently sporting this lovely brace http://www.ossur.com/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=10669 in support of my broken neck and spinal cord injuries, and I'm also sporting two arm casts to help heal my broken wrists.

I wouldn't mind going out if I just had the arm casts, but I'm really insecure about going out in that stupid brace. Everyone's going to be staring at me, what do I do???

2007-11-12 07:44:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was playing ice hockey & i hit a kid but then i felt a Sharp or Painful paint in my knuckle. The nail was bleeding , and the kuckle was swelling up. Later i went to play tackle football but i did nothing that would hurt my thumb. Today my knuckle is purple, and most of my nail is purple too. I can move my thumb slightly.

2007-11-12 00:22:17 · 2 answers · asked by hockeychip19 1

it is pressure and tightness kind of headache. 3 months ago i have injured myself in gym doing shoulder press...and i have had faint attacks for few weeks with head pressure, nervousness, tightness headache at the back of my head, blurr vision, tiredness. done the x-ray of my neck and it was a trapped nerve. my g.p. told me it happened because of stress. it got betterbut all these symptons coming back again...could be something else.

2007-11-11 23:27:12 · 3 answers · asked by Ravin P 1

I got two big bruises infront of my right upper leg! I got them by an accident last Saturday night! Silly me! I'm going to Boracay next week and I don't want to wear swimwear if they are still visible! Ewww!
Please help! Do you know a fast and effective remedy to relieve bruises? Please do share... Thanks.

2007-11-11 23:09:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

im nick im 16 years old , 6 days ago my tonsils started swelling i went to my local doctor he gave me some Amoxil and after 6 days of taking them i have not gotten better infact ive gone worse , i went back to my local doctor he gave me a Penicillen Injection 1.5mg and he prescribed me some Penicillen Tablets , its been like 5 hours since i got that and im still in pain i have no clue what to do , im in so much pain , i cant breathe properly because of my tonsils being swallon and i need my mouth to breathe but there blocking everything i cant swallow please help

2007-11-11 20:05:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous