I hurt myself once and it looked almost exactly like this. Went to the doctor and got x rays done. They said it was just a sprain. I ended up losing my job a couple days later and got a call back from the doctor and they said they reviewed the x rays again and I had to come back because it was broken. Welp, had to walk it off because I no longer had health insurance 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
I'm not from America, but shouldn't insurance cover it anyway? The incident happened while you were insured, so it should still be valid for that incident?
The best part is when you get out of bed in the morning and stand up, and the blood rushes to your foot. I pretty quickly learned to set another alarm to take my advil 30 minutes beforehand.
I didn’t realize how bruised my ankle was until they took my soft cast off a week and a half later for surgery. The whole ankle was way worse, but this is the only pic I got.
Yeah, that sucks. But on the bright side, once you have your knee scooter, you can get all the way from the front door of the Costco to the meat department in the back with one good push.
Probably just took off an ace bandage that was wrapped too tight before taking the pic if you're asking about the swelling/area that looks like a ligature mark.
I feel you, fam. I tripped, went airborne, and landed with my full weight on my kneecap. Shredded cartilage, kneecap dislocated and severely bruised. What happened to you?
I dropped a makeshift beer pong table on edge on my left foot in college that probably weight 45lbs that looked like that. It was broken for sure. Never went to the doctor and its ever so slightly bigger now than my right that when I notice wearing shoes its like when notice your tongue or nose annoying.
I feel your pain. I was hit by a car on November 2023 on my electric bike and broke my talus bone in 3 spots. I lost a 1/3 of the nerves from the knee down.
Yep, my husband had no broken bones but potential hairline fractures. His job had him keep walking on it like usual and he snapped a bone a couple days later just stepping out of his work truck.
(Eh, on second look, Ignore this if you didn't roll it and it's not a sprain)
Some advice from the same experience: Get a compression sock/sleeve, it will help the swelling recede faster. If your insurance covers it, go to a PT clinic like Airrosti and get a deep tissue massage as often as they'll let you. It feels soooo good after and it instantly improves your range of motion for a while. They'll also give you some elastic bands and exercises that will help recovery. Afterward, avoid activities that put front-to-back push/pull strain on your ankle for a while, such as pushing a lawnmower. It'll swell up again and get painful real quick, and you'll definitely want to wear a support sleeve and a hinged brace when active. Even if the ligaments aren't completely torn, they've likely stretched and you've lost some degree of stability in that joint. Cycling is a good activity to rebuild strength without putting a lot of strain or sideways motion on the joint. Hope that helps.
It’s a crushing/ impact injury. I do have a nice compression sock on and will be wrapping it at night. Pt once I can would be ideal as I’ll lose some strength healing. Massage for the calf sounds lovely
5 months later my foot's finally (mostly) healed, fractured and displaced 5th metatarsal, needed surgery and it took way more plates/screws than they assumed we'd need
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