Ankle pain during/after ballet class?

Question

In the middle of ballet class yesterday, my ankle started hurting when I pointed or when en pointe. It still hurts when I do so. My ankle hurts around the Achilles tendon area, but it does not look swollen or red, nor show any other symptoms of any injury. What could it be and what should I do?

It doesn't hurt when I walk.

Answer 1

well i dont take ballet but i can assume that when you stand on ur tipitoes and then do all those things people can get injuries very often. most of the ballet consists of ur feet movement too

Answer 2

You may not have warmed up properly. You may have some inflammation. You also could have strained or sprained a muscle or done some other damage.

Tell your mom or dad about it and ask about taking some ibuprofen for inflammation. If that doesn't help, you may need to make a trip to the doctor or ER to have it checked out to make sure you haven't done any damage. I would say to stay off of it and ice it down also. Don't go back to class if it is still hurting.

Do you like ballet? Have you been doing it long? If it is new, you probably didn't get warmed up enough. If it is something you have been doing a long time, it could be from overuse. You need to rest it, or this could turn into a permanent problem and you might not be able to be involved in ballet in the future. If the instructor ever tells you "no pain-no gain" get another instructor. That is wrong. There can be uncomfortable stretching, but when there is pain, something is wrong. You are not a professional, and life will go on if you take off a week and rest and allow your body to heal. If you force it, you could have permanent damage that could affect your walking and day to day living for the rest of your life.

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

final 12 months I sprained my ankle via doing a bounce and touchdown on the fringe of my foot on the RAISED fringe of the floor. So I went to my scientific expert and that i could no longer dance for 2 weeks. The discomfort lasted lots longer than that--i chanced on that out whilst i replaced into doing pirouettes on my sprained ankle. besides, once you're at ballet, tell your instructor which you twisted your ankle and ask in case you may in simple terms watch. in case you dance complete-out then you certainly're in simple terms going to harm your self. After classification circulate to the scientific expert's; your scientific expert can analyze your ankle. you have got broken a bone or you ought to prefer an ankle brace.

Answer 5

It's strain from overuse. You need to take care of it because it could get worse in time and cause you a lot of trouble. The people in charge of your ballet classes should know about this and be able to tell you how to care for the ankle to prevent further damage.

Answer 6

If you stretch well before class, then the strain could be tied to overuse or it may be a sign you need additional support in the area through having an instructor taping it up properly. To be safe, you may want to have the legs checked out by a doctor in sports medicine.

Answer 7

It could be just muscle fatigue or mild sprain.You could have used an ice-pack immediately after the injury,but now,it's not going to do much good.Now you can apply a local pain killer ointment and give rest to the part for a few days,till the pain goes.

Answer 8

I've had ankle problems before so i know what your going through i guess. What i used to help my ankle is i used haldi. Haldi is an old indian cure for sore muscles and stuff like that. Look it up on yahoo or something and i'm sure you'll find out how to make it. Hope that helps.

Answer 9

Try resting it, putting some ice on it when it hurts, strapping it up for extra support when practising your ballet and when you can sit with it elevated. See if this helps. Could be a minor sprain. Nothing to worry about.

Remember...

Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

Rice..
xx

Answer 10

Ice it & if that doesn't help see an orthopedist.

Discontinue ballet until situation resolves.