Ankle pain?

Question

I twisted my ankle carrying my sleeping son down stairs. On the last step we both landed on the floor. There was intense pain for 2 to 3 minutes and then a dull ache. There was no swelling or bruising. It has been a month and I still have some dull ache on the inside of my ankle especially in the morning when I stretch my foot out and only sometimes when walking. The pain is not so bad that I need to take anything for it. Just wondering what it is taking so long to heal on such a mild injury. Could be a fracture? I would think there would be swelling if I broke something. Any advice?

Thanks

Answer 1

Karen,
What a nice Mom.. Your probably right about not breaking it. Sounds like you might have either torn or twisted your ligaments. If you broke it there is usually alot more swelling and bruising, athough sometimes a chipped bone might not have that much swelling and brusing. If you tore a tendon or a muscle there is alot more brusing and swelling. Ligaments usually have a reduce blood supply, so the healing processes takes a lot longer. Did you RICE it. Rest Ice Compression and Elevation. This usually helps when the injury first occurs. Without a though exam it's really taking a shot in the dark. IF it is a ligament tear placing a warm compress on it will help to bring blood to that area and should help the recovery go alittle faster. Do you have Full ROM Range of Motion? If it hurts only in a certain postion then it might be the ligament. Placing a wrap on it or an ankle brace with help the ligament heal faster. Everytime you move it it probably tears a little more, so wrapping it with an ace-bandage or one of those neoprene ankle braces with help. Make sure you don;t place it to tight to cut off circulation. Check you pedal pulse and cap refill. You can do this by feeling your pulse on th etop of your foot. Your cap Refill is squeezing your toe and it should turn white and when you release it goes back to the original color usually pink within 2 secs any longer than that and your circulation is being cut off.

With children it's almost impossible to keep off it for a few days so the ace-bandage or ankle brace should help keep things in place while the healing processes takes place.

Hope you feel better, and see if Dad could bring the sleeping kids downstairs for the next week or so..

Rob

Answer 2

I am sure that is it not a fracture, there would have been swelling and bruising at the time of injury, however If I was you I would go to the doctors, because to me it sounds like you may have pulled a tendon and that is why it is taken so long to heal. The muscles and tendons around your foot and ankle are so fragile...good luck.

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

I have witnessed someone who did something similar, thought it was just a twisted ankle, when to doctors, had xray..didn't show anything...so continued on her way for almost a year..ended up going back to get xrayed as it was still quite bothersome..they did xrays again and found it to be fractured* They were quite surprised she had been walking around like that for so long. She ended up having to have surgery on her foot. GO and get it seen to*~ You don't want permanent damage where one day you won't be able to walk at all or could fall down and seriously break a hip or your leg/ankle/back...or your child.

Answer 5

This could be because of muscle fatigue or dehydration. Try exercising all parts of your body. Try out some home remedies. You can also look for information in the web that give you home remedies. I found this website very useful. http://aches.in/cramps.html

Answer 6

visit an urgent care for an xray. it's possible you have a fracture.
rest, keep it iced and elevated, and wrap with an ace bandage. treat the pain and swelling with Advil or Alleve.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

See your doctor, or an orthopedic doctor. You could have injured something and need X-rays and probably an MRI just to make sure.