Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this so I apologise in advance!
In September of 2014 whilst playing a lovely Sunday League football match I was hacked down in Charlie Adam-esque fashion by some thug. The result was me hopping off the pitch in agony and missing the rest of the match.
The pain was in my ankle and pretty darn bad.
I sat at the side of the pitch and took off my boot and sock. By the time the match was over I could walk without much pain and drove home. However, a few hours later after I'd had a bath my foot swelled up like a small balloon with a localised baseball size swelling directly over where the pain was.
To cut a long story short I never went to get it checked out as by the time the swelling had gone down it was improving every day and I was actually hopeful of being ok within 3-4 weeks. I've had a couple of injuries before and this always seemed to be the case.
Fast forward to now and I dont get pain in the ankle unless I really force it in certain directions.
I went to see a sport therapist this week who told me I'd had ligament and tendon damage and there was also evidence of 2 fractures - but theres nothing anyone can do about those now since its been so long....
doh!
She did some treatment over 2 sessions to break down scar tissue and get rid of debris in the join, and basically said there's nothing more she can do and I should just go back to playing football.
Now to me my ankle doesn't feel quite right. Whether that's just stiffness from not being used a lot over the last few months I'm not sure. But I feel very scared about going back and it just snapping the first time I get poleaxed.
Does anyone have any experience or knowledge in this sort of thing?
I'm assuming that the healing process will be over by now and the discomfort im feeling is from general non use/stiffness?
I can run fine without any pain and also on rouge terrain without any feeling of weakness.
A bit of advice from someone with any experience in these matters would be great! Thanks!
In September of 2014 whilst playing a lovely Sunday League football match I was hacked down in Charlie Adam-esque fashion by some thug. The result was me hopping off the pitch in agony and missing the rest of the match.
The pain was in my ankle and pretty darn bad.
I sat at the side of the pitch and took off my boot and sock. By the time the match was over I could walk without much pain and drove home. However, a few hours later after I'd had a bath my foot swelled up like a small balloon with a localised baseball size swelling directly over where the pain was.
To cut a long story short I never went to get it checked out as by the time the swelling had gone down it was improving every day and I was actually hopeful of being ok within 3-4 weeks. I've had a couple of injuries before and this always seemed to be the case.
Fast forward to now and I dont get pain in the ankle unless I really force it in certain directions.
I went to see a sport therapist this week who told me I'd had ligament and tendon damage and there was also evidence of 2 fractures - but theres nothing anyone can do about those now since its been so long....
doh!
She did some treatment over 2 sessions to break down scar tissue and get rid of debris in the join, and basically said there's nothing more she can do and I should just go back to playing football.
Now to me my ankle doesn't feel quite right. Whether that's just stiffness from not being used a lot over the last few months I'm not sure. But I feel very scared about going back and it just snapping the first time I get poleaxed.
Does anyone have any experience or knowledge in this sort of thing?
I'm assuming that the healing process will be over by now and the discomfort im feeling is from general non use/stiffness?
I can run fine without any pain and also on rouge terrain without any feeling of weakness.
A bit of advice from someone with any experience in these matters would be great! Thanks!
