How can you tell if your ankle is broken?!
Question: I think I sprained my ankle. I can't stand on it at all because it hurts really badly. I have to use crutches to get around ( I borrowed them from a friend). I can move my toes and wiggle my ankle but when I stand on it, the pain is unbearable.
Is it sprained or broken?
P.S. Dont tell me to see a doctor because my mom wont let me.
Answers: I think I sprained my ankle. I can't stand on it at all because it hurts really badly. I have to use crutches to get around ( I borrowed them from a friend). I can move my toes and wiggle my ankle but when I stand on it, the pain is unbearable.
Is it sprained or broken?
P.S. Dont tell me to see a doctor because my mom wont let me.
It is Sprained.
it might take about 2 to 3 months to heal.
You should wear a brace and soak in warm water for 10 min 2 to 3 times a day and STAY OFF OF IT OR IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO HEAL.
Its deformed and black blue and extreamly swollen with very much pain cant move it or walk on it
its probably sprained. when it's broken it will have other symptoms. like severe swelling, you can't move anything, you will have horrible pain, and it is deformed, and some others. go to this website (i'll put the link at the bottom) and put your symptoms in and see what it tells you.
http://symptoms.webmd.com/default.htm
Well I thought I sprained my ankle, I could wiggle my toes and such but any pressure on the foot would hurt. Turned out it was broken, and because I didn't get it taken care of immediately I still have problems with that ankle and I sprain it quite often now.
But if your mom wont let you go to the doctor it doesn't matter what any one on here says.
Only a x-ray can determine that for sure. Prop it up, and put ice on it.
IF IT HURTS LIKE HELL... SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN;T PUT PRESSURE ON IT.. THEN GUESS WHAT IS BROKEN.
If its sprained then you will be able to wiggle it slightly. You'd be surprised how fast a sprained ankle heals. I've sprained mine 3 or 4 times in the past year and a half. You'll be much better in a couple of hours, way better tomorrow, and you will be fine in a couple of days. Just turn on your radio, lay in bed, and put ice on and off your ankle. Try to sleep cause when your asleep you won't feel anything. If it is broken you will not even be able to touch your ankle without feeling excruciating pain. A sprained ankle will swell up a lot. I almost forgot to mention, you need to go to your local walgreen's or cvs and pick up an ankle wrap. It will give you ankle support and make it feel better.
i am going to say sprained because having sprained and broken my ankle, usually when it hurts really bad but you can still move it thats a good sign. if when standing on it the pain is unbearable it could still be a sprain, fortunately you can move it so thats why i think sprain. try not to walk on it a lot, of course ice it, wrap it (the compression is good). is it super bruised or swollen? if it is extremely bruised and you can pin point the place where it hurt or it;s in a certain area and that area is very swollen then it might be a fracture or break.
good luck, and feel better!
If your mom really cared she would take you to the doctor. Go with a good friends parent. Best thing to do is R.I.C.E. Rest, ice, chill( relaxing), and elevation!
You have to go to a doctor or it's gonna heal the wrong way and then you won't be able to walk. GET AN X RAY becuz if it's broken you need a cast and other treatment as well you can't just let a broken bone heal the wrong way then the doc will have to re break it. It might just be a horrible sprain, but sprain or break, they both need attention. 'm guessing it's probably just a severe sprain becuz you can move it, and you would be screaming when you got hurt and you would just know. When you break something, you KNOW. I thought I broke my ankle last month and I couldnt walk either but it turns out it was just a really bad sprain. So I am guessing 's a sprain. If your mom really cared she would take you to the dr. Ask if a friends mom can take you.