Ankle sprain

sparkymark75

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I’m not looking for medical advice, just peoples experiences of an ankle sprain and how long it took them to get back to some normality/walking.

So I sprained my right ankle 13 days ago. I’ve no idea how I did it, I don’t play sports and didn’t roll it while out walking. Even worse, it’s the medial (inside) of my ankle which I’m led to believe happens far less frequently than doing the outside of your ankle (and the medial ligaments are stronger).

Im still unable to walk on it without crutches and all this lying about is starting to get me down to be honest. It is getting better as until the past 2/3 days, I could only put weight on the ball of my right foot. Now I can place it flat and walk somewhat with crutches. I still get the odd bit of tightness and paid behind the ankle running vertically.

I had it x-rayd at A&E last week and there’s no fracture (although I did discover I had previously fractured it without even knowing, recurring theme here!).
 
booyaka said:
What's the follow up after your A&E appointment? Physio? Rehab etc?? Exercises??

Timeframe - could be days/weeks/months depending on the severity of it.

Strongly suggest getting some Physio appointment booked - Ask for local recommendations. Ligaments can take weeks/months to heal depending on what's happened.
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I visited my GP with a bunch of issues. On the ankle, he said to get back in touch if it wasn’t better in a week or 2. No follow up for that was mentioned. I was looking into private physio.
 
TrannyBill said:
Just try not to walk on it and it should heal a lot quicker.
I only had to because of my leg break that needed me to walk on it to heal.
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There’s loads of conflicting information online. Some say to try and walk on it to help it heal, others say what you say. And these are medical people!
 
Street said:
I sprained mine a couple years ago out on a trail run. It swelled up like a tennis ball and hurt like crazy but I was back out in the hills 8 weeks later, albeit very slowly and shorter distances. Certain ankle positions still gave me slight pain up to a year later.

This missus on the other hand, sprained her ankle while climbing in October last year. The xray showed nothing was fractured but she didn't improve with physio. A consultant did an ultra sound and it turned out she'd torn the retinaculum holding the tendon in place. She had surgery to fix it 6 weeks ago, was in a cast for 2 weeks and is just transitioning out of a boot now, hoping to be back to a reasonable standard over the summer.

I had knee surgery in January and the surgeon told me to crack on, I wouldn't cause any damage and that I'd know if I pushed myself too hard. Stupidly at the end of February, thinking I was healed and going stir crazy, I thought it would be a good idea to ease myself back in and take the dog out for a 10km run up Moel Famau. I found out what the surgeon meant when I couldn't move for the next 2 weeks! :cry:
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I’m certainly not looking to get into running 10k any time soon. Just a simple leisurely dog walk on flat terrain will be fine.
 
Day 16: Can finally limp/walk on my right foot without crutches although somewhat gingerly and I still on occasion favour using the ball of my foot rather than the heel.

I’m doing some stretches to try and get some flexibility back into it as it feels a bit tight beside my ankle.
 
jaybee said:
At the risk of sounding like uncle Albert from only fools with his tales of war..... I did mine back in 2003 playing football. The swelling was like some freakish mutant from a horror film. I was on crutches for a couple of months which ended up making my hands swell up from all the usage of them. I remember my mates so joyfully reminding me of my inability to walk by getting me a wheelchair to push me round for an entire day we all went out. For the first few weeks I literally had to lay with it raised otherwise it would throb like a ***** and ache really bad. I was told breaking it would have been easier. It's never been as strong as the other since that day and has had a tendency to "go again" a few times but more minor.

So all in all... a positive experience to look forward to.
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Ouch! Sounds like you did yours a lot worse than mine. I only had minor swelling, the inability to bear much weight was/is the biggest pain (literally!).
 
So in a dramatic plot twist, it turns out I don’t have an ankle sprain. At the start of March, I had a bad bought of gastroenteritis. I was at the Rheumatology department of the hospital today and the Dr told me he reckons I have reactive arthritis.

I did wonder what was going on with my ankle as some days the pain was more like tendinitis, other days it was like a sprain. Anyway, it should pass with time, typically 6 weeks.
 
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