why is there bruising on the side of my foot if i sprained my ankle?

Answer 1

When you sprain an ankle, what actually happens is the muscles and tendons surrounding your ankle have become pulled and stretched beyond their normal range or may even have a partial tear. When this happens you damage the actual tissue which is constantly supplied with blood. When damage occurs, the blood supplying the tissue with oxygen and nutrition leaks out of that area and due to gravity, it pools around your foot. You may find that same discoloration traveling up your foot as the body tries to reabsorb the blood back into the circulatory system.

It doesn't necessarily mean there is more damage then originally diagnosed. Its normal body physiologial function to trauma. Hope this helps. Feel free to email me if you have any other questions.

Answer 2

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 3

Sprains and strains tear ligaments, blood vessles and supportive tissues. These tissues bleed. When they bleed, the blood pools in the lowest point on the joint, which in the ankle would be on the bottom/side of the foot. Don't be surprised if it gets worse before it gets better...

Answer 4

A bad sprained ankle may have busted cappalaries or small viens in that area, creating the internal bleeding/bruise.

Answer 5

The clinical term for this is called ecchymosis. It is just the release blood and lots of other cool stuff from your damaged tissue. Nothing to worry about, but if you spprained your ligament bad enough for ecchymosis to set in, you need to do a proper rehab. Look up Wolff's Law on the internet. It will explain why this is so important. Good luck.

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Answer 6

Most likely, the blood pooled down there, although it's not actually injured there. A couple of weeks ago, I stubbed one of my toes and it bruised halfway up my foot. What a mystery the human body is.

Answer 7

because blood rushes to that area because of the trauma you have done...
perfectly normal...