I think I sprained my ankle really bad! Never happened before...help?!?!


Question: I think I sprained my ankle really bad! Never happened before!.!.!.help!?!!?
today in dance class I fell during a turn and my ankle gave out and immediately swelled up to the size if a softball!. I was take to the nurse by golfcart, and kept in the nurse office for 2 1/2 hours with my foot elevated and lots of ice!. Now I'm home and it feels like my bones are grinding!. I can barely put any weight on it without crying out in total pain!. I can barely move it at all!. Is this normal for a sprain!? (so sorry if thats spelled wrong)!. Please provide me with as much info as you can!. Thank you very much
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Answers:
i am sorry that happen!. :(

use the PRINCE approach to treat your ankle!. PRINCE stands for protection, rest, ice, NSAIDs (pain relievers), compression, and elevation!.


it does hurt really bad i have sprained my ankle lots of times!.

if the pain doesn't go down with in a week and you can't walk on it go see a doctor for X-rays!. just stay off it and if you have to get so crutches so you can walk!. least you don't have to shoot with one it hurts beyond belief!.

hope you get better:)Www@Answer-Health@Com

The treatment for a sprain is RICE: Rest, ice, compress (wrap it) and elevation!. Of course it is possible you have a fracture!. If the swelling doesn't go down tomorrow, go get xrays!.
P!.S!. A sprain does hurt and it does take time for the swelling to go down!.
Take some asprin for the pain!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You are doing everything right!.
Rest the injured part!. Pain is the body's signal to not move an injury!.

Ice the injury!. This will limit the swelling and help with the spasm!.

Compress the injured area!. This again, limits the swelling!. Be careful not to apply a wrap so tightly that it might act as a tourniquet and cut off the blood supply!. Unwrap it at night!.

Elevate the injured part!. This lets gravity help reduce the swelling by allowing fluid and blood to drain downhill to the heart!. At night prop it up with pillows!.

Ibuprofen Works great for pain and swelling!!!

You will be hobbling for a week or longer!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i would go makesure that it is just a sprain and nothing more serious, keep it elevated and take some painkillers like ibuprofin if it is just a sprain in will take abuot maybe a week to be able to walk on it propaly again keep it banaged up to suport it and only take things one step at a time dont over do it cos u will not get better quicker by skipping stepsWww@Answer-Health@Com





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