Do I have a damaged achilles tendon?!
Question: Do I have a damaged achilles tendon!?
Ive been reading up on achilles tendon but I am still not sure if it could be the problem!.
1 week ago i was mountain biking and my foot slipped and my leg jerked and hit the large bicycle gear, instantly i could not feel anything and i felt numb in my leg, i looked down and i was soaked in blood, i stopped and elevated my leg, stopped the bleeding etc I went to the doctor and he just gave me some antibiotics and reccomended an MRI!. Since then i have not been able to walk, but have improved since the first day!. My leg swollen very little but not noticeably!. I did a test where you squeeze your calfs and my leg moved very little!. worst part about this is not having health insurance and having to pay for school without working!. So i have to be sure its my achilles before i waste 1k of my tuition money on something that could be nothing!. Should I just rest and let it heal itself!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
1 week ago i was mountain biking and my foot slipped and my leg jerked and hit the large bicycle gear, instantly i could not feel anything and i felt numb in my leg, i looked down and i was soaked in blood, i stopped and elevated my leg, stopped the bleeding etc I went to the doctor and he just gave me some antibiotics and reccomended an MRI!. Since then i have not been able to walk, but have improved since the first day!. My leg swollen very little but not noticeably!. I did a test where you squeeze your calfs and my leg moved very little!. worst part about this is not having health insurance and having to pay for school without working!. So i have to be sure its my achilles before i waste 1k of my tuition money on something that could be nothing!. Should I just rest and let it heal itself!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Yikes!. I'd say you're in quite a predicament with no health insurance!. I do know that when a person complete tears their achilles you can see it ball up at the top of your calf!. I've seen it happen!. Your achilles is like a rubber band and if it tears it collects up into a ball up by the back of your knee!. So, good news if that didn't happen!.
But, what I didn't quite catch is if you're concerned that the cut is what affected the tendon!. You said there was a lot of blood, but didn't explain where the exact cut is at!. If the cut was to the back of your leg where the achilles is and you're concerned it got partially severed, the chances of that are pretty unlikely if you already saw a doc!. He would have been able to tell right off the bat if the laceration cut into your tendon without doing an MRI!. And MRI would only be for internal tears!.
Since you don't have any medical insurance, I'd say get yourself some crutches and bum around on those for 1 week!. Try to put as little weight on your injured leg as possible!. If after that 7 days you still can't put any more weight on it, I'm afraid it's time to fork out the money and find out what's wrong!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com
But, what I didn't quite catch is if you're concerned that the cut is what affected the tendon!. You said there was a lot of blood, but didn't explain where the exact cut is at!. If the cut was to the back of your leg where the achilles is and you're concerned it got partially severed, the chances of that are pretty unlikely if you already saw a doc!. He would have been able to tell right off the bat if the laceration cut into your tendon without doing an MRI!. And MRI would only be for internal tears!.
Since you don't have any medical insurance, I'd say get yourself some crutches and bum around on those for 1 week!. Try to put as little weight on your injured leg as possible!. If after that 7 days you still can't put any more weight on it, I'm afraid it's time to fork out the money and find out what's wrong!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I understand that the break of achiles tendon is very painful!.
I had to stretch mine as it was either too tight or too short, If you can not walk it sounds like you need to see a Dr!. I had to rise up on my tip toes and then down several times and every day for some weeks to stretch mine and I was okay!. If yours is torn then I believe it has to be repaired!. I am no Dr!. so seeing a MD (not the same one) is best!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I had to stretch mine as it was either too tight or too short, If you can not walk it sounds like you need to see a Dr!. I had to rise up on my tip toes and then down several times and every day for some weeks to stretch mine and I was okay!. If yours is torn then I believe it has to be repaired!. I am no Dr!. so seeing a MD (not the same one) is best!.Www@Answer-Health@Com