I have recently sprained my ankle for the 5th time in the last 12 years. I have always had weak ankles and they have rolled easily. This last time was just playing soccer and I jumped up and when I landed it rolled, nothing was under my foot, it just gave out. I went to the doctor right after and he said it was a high ankle sprain, but he could see all the previous chips in my bones from previous injuries. He also stated one of these is quite large behind my achilies tendon. It has now been a week and the brusing I have gotten is amazing. I have never had so much brusing, and it is mainly above the round thing on my ankle, about 3 inches above it, and below it along the base of my foot. All the times previous this I never got any sort of bruising. Should I be worried about this? The talk of surgeroy has also been mentioned: 1 to remove the large chip from one of the previous injuries, 2 to tighten my tendons to prevent future injuries. Please advise on what u think of this.
2006-06-26 01:58:11 · 6 answers · asked by tmess9 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
I am a podiatrist and sometimes deal with ankle injuries. If you have bruising one week after injury it's normal. You should get a MRI to rule out damage to a tendon or ligaments to the ankle. You should be wearing an ace wrap, ankle brace, or stiff walking boot called a cam walker to minimize motion in the ankle joint and make your pain less. You should also be taking NSAIDS like 600 mg Ibuprofen every 6 hours as needed for pain. Icing the ankle with ice 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off will help too. If pain persists, an injection could be done to the joint. I can't exactly tell what your diagnosis would be if it's just a tendonitis or an avulsion fracture in your ankle. I'd get an MRI before surgery and possibly get a second opinion. I'd wait a few more weeks also before considering surgery if I were you.
2006-06-26 02:07:40 · answer #1 · answered by Andy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I badly sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago. I was in a hurry going down the stairs, lost my balance and landed on a bad side of my left foot, causing my left ankle to be stretched going on the inside. The first 48 hours were excruciating and the pain was un-believable. I've never had a serious ankle injury before.
So I immediately treated it using the RICE method. The following day, the bruising and swelling were so horrible. I found out that I got a second degree sprain and immediately panicked after that. I had a football game on that week and it been looking forward to it because I've been training for rt. I had teammates that had similar injuries and it took them months to fully recover, some of them stopped playing altogether. So I kinda had a short-term depression because I can't imagine myself not being able to run and play sports anymore.
Because I was so desperate to recover again, I contacted a lot of people that I know who do sports and asked them if they had similar injuries. One friend of mine, from the boy's football team in my university, told me about H.E.M. Ankle Rehab. I got a copy 4 days after I got injured. I immediately read and followed what was instructed and felt improvement on the first day. I was able to walk a bit, but I was in pain.
A couple of days after that, the swelling and bruising were subsid-ing significantly and on the fourth day, I was walking comfortably again. Although I've had felt a bit of stiffness, I continued doing what was instructed. My sister was surprised that I have recovered this fast. I told her about this book and was shocked on how effective the procedures were. I'm just so happy that this book was shared to me and how effective it is.
Heal your ankle fully & fast?
2016-05-17 15:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you need surgery or at least to permanently wear a ankle brace for the rest of your life. My husband rolled his ankle at work about 4 or 5 months ago and this was his first bone injury in life a chip broke off of his ankle...he is 45 and he is still having to wear a brace...but not every day anymore.
2006-06-26 02:08:10 · answer #3 · answered by kim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Removing a large chip is certainly a good idea. Have you discussed physical therapy, and low impact excessive with your surgeon?
2006-06-26 02:05:25 · answer #4 · answered by medbillsassist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a second and third opinion before sugery and go to all sites you can find on the internet for information
2006-06-26 03:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
strengthen your ankles by trail running (when you're healed) the off road running and uneven surface strengthen supporting muscles & tendons.
2006-06-26 02:02:25 · answer #6 · answered by DesignR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋