I strained a ligament in my foot, feels elastic?!
Question: November 10 I strained a ligament in my left foot, the doctor said it should take at the most two weeks to heal and it was starting to feel better and just last week it started hurting and when I walked felt a bit like a rubberband. I have crutches should I use them? Should I go back to the doctor?
Answers: November 10 I strained a ligament in my left foot, the doctor said it should take at the most two weeks to heal and it was starting to feel better and just last week it started hurting and when I walked felt a bit like a rubberband. I have crutches should I use them? Should I go back to the doctor?
Use your crutches and make sure you keep all your weight off that foot. Don't do any strenuous activities involving your feet, make sure you keep it elevated, ice it often, and if it doesn't feel better at all in acouple of days, I say go back to the doctor. Good luck!
Maybe go back and see what the doctor says. He will prob have you start all over though but we dont want it to heal wrong.
if you can still walk with a relatively normal gait without a lot of pain then you dont need crutches...if you didnt tear the ligament, then you should probably be doing some stretches and range of motion exercises, maybe you should ask your doctor about doing some physiotherapy, ..also try not to baby it too much cuz scar tissue will build up and cause your foot to become stiff