I think i tore my ligament in my ankle?!
Question: I think i tore my ligament in my ankle!?
Hey i think i tore my ligament in my ankle!. I was taking a shower and then i hurd a huge pop and then a few hours later it started to hurt and now its kinda swollen and a little hard to walk on i also see a little bit of color not like red blue ut green and purple!. And all i did was turn my ankle to make sure i cleaned it and it poped and it was loud!. I have a brace on it and thats shoots up the pain alot but i know i need the brace!. So what do i do!? I have done the R!.I!.C!.E and that helps ok so i am not sure what to do alot so what do i do!? I dont really want to go to the doctor!. It has torn alot and i am not sure what to do it HURTS badly and its kinda swollen!. What do i do!? So again what do i do!? I really dont want to go to the doctor becuase i dont like it!.
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I'll try to answer the best i can since i am in an almost same situation as you due to sports (soccer)!. Get your foot x-rayed to make sure it is not a fracture!. Next after the x-ray, if it is determined not to be a fracture, it would be an ankle sprain!. Grade 1 = little swelling and little immobility!. Grade 2 (which myself is in) = partial tear of the ankle ligament!. Grade 3 = total rupture of the ligament!. I am no doctor or GP, but your situation sounds like a grade 2 sprain!. Do you feel pain when you walk or standing on 1 foot (the affected ankle)!? To determine the sprain grade, it would be a visit to the sports physician and have a test (stress radiograph or MRI)!. The last part would be the physiotherapy treatment to the ankle, depending how bad your sprain is!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
sorry to break it to you but !.!.!. go to the docterWww@Answer-Health@Com
unfortunately!. it sounds like you might have broke your ankle for the fact that it has swollen and it's green and purple !.Now I am with you i hate going to the doctor myself but I feel it's your only option!. My sister tore a ligament in her ankle a few years ago and it never had any discoloring and it never swoll up it just hurt !. plus the reason why i suspect it's broken is the fact that it's swollen and that usual is a sine of a break !. If it is broken and you do not have the proper treatment by a doctor your "small" problem could reasult into a huge problem that would only be resolved by surgery ,and thats because if you don't have an x-ray and your broken bone is not in line with the broken half or it is laying side by side of it -it will grow like that and you would have to have surgery to break the bone again and have nails and wire to reatach it properly and as a result you would be out for weeks mabe even months !. Take my advice go see a doctor you won't regret it in the end ! God Bless !,Good Luck !,Heather
P!.s it might have not hurt that much when you twisted your ankle you might be double jointed in your ankle (my sister is)and that might make it feel a little less painful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
P!.s it might have not hurt that much when you twisted your ankle you might be double jointed in your ankle (my sister is)and that might make it feel a little less painful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com