I think that I sprained my ankle. How should I take care of it? How can I tell if its just a sprain?

Question

I've been walking on it but it really hurts and my ankle is swollen pretty bad.

How do I know if I just twisted it?

Answer 1

If it turns purple then you have broken it. Wrap it tight in an ace bandage and keep it elevated. Good luck.

Answer 2

RICE is as good a treatment as any for a sprain, and bruising doesn't necessarily indicate a fracture. But do NOT wrap the ankle tightly, doing so can damage tendons and ligaments, apply an ace wrap gently so it can help support the area, but doesn't feel tight. Ice for twenty minutes every hour. If not improved in about 24 to 36 hours, time to see a doctor.

Answer 3

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?

Answer 4

If you can walk on it, it's probably a bad sprain. At worst, something is cracked not broken.

Raise it and ice it. Let it rest. You should see an improvement in about 3 days.

Answer 5

if you can walk on it at all its not broken ur all good! just a bad sprain. i know it hurts like a bugger tho trust me ive been their. keep it elevated and ice it. try applying heat to it also in between iceings. this will reduce swelling at the fastest rate. try and rest it as much as possible and all should be good. give it time tho it will take a while to completely heal

Answer 6

If its just sprained (not floping around) put ice on it to bring the swelling down and then wrap it up tightly (not so tight you cut off circulation) and try to not walk on it too much.
Keep it elavated and when you sleep prop it on a pillow tonight.

Answer 7

i just broke my ankle. it hurts like hell for three days then it settlesdown a bit. the doctor said sprains and breaks have a fine line

Answer 8

if when you move it in a certain direction and it starts hurting, then it's prolly a sprain.

stretch it out a little, one way is to spell the "alphabet" on the ground with your foot, just to rotate your foot aorund you ankle. and also ice, and rest it

Answer 9

take shorter steps than normal


buy 2 crepe bandages (no not crap)

wear one at a time and wash the other

Answer 10

remember RICE rest,,ice, compression ,elevation,,