Badly sprained ankle?

[ReneeM]

I sprained my ankle pretty bad on March 5th. Emergency room and everything! I'm wondering if it might be something more at this point. After a month it still hurts pretty bad when I step on it, almost like I'm pulling a muscle every time I take a step. It's hard to walk normally, I use my crutches still or limp. I can't be on it more than a couple of hours a day or my foot starts throbbing. I'm trying to get an appointment with a foot doctor, but have no insurance, so it may be hard. I was wondering if anyone has experienced this or something like it with their foot?

 

[Akunaferret]

I know that in May of last year I missed the curb on my way to work and my ankle went side ways. I had to limp the 15 minute walk to work, and did a 4 hour shift and was moving that weekend. I didn't have an ace bandage so it went uncared for for a long time, took months for it to not cause a twinge of pain or sprain easily. Now it is still slightly weak and I hurt it every once in a while. Not the same as you, but similar.

Did the emergency room take xrays? I'm thinking you might've broken something, or pulled something. Were you able to see the foot doctor?

 

[ReneeM]

The emergency room took xrays and it didn't show anything. My sister in law is a nurse and said sometimes hairline fractures don't show up right away. I'm hoping to get a referral Tuesday when I see my primary care doctor. If I can't get one I'll go back to the emergency room. No insurance sucks

 

[Akunaferret]

yikes, hun! I hope they can find something and help you.

 

[cindyv3737]

I've broken, sprained, and torn ligaments in my ankles. Honestly the break healed faster and cleaner than the sprains and tearing. Give it time. Get a second opinion. Hopefully, new X-rays will show the true nature of your injury.

 

[Cinder and Me]

I dislocated my ankle and it took about 9 months to really heal (meaning no pain at all). I did have a second x-ray done around the 6 month mark and it showed that I had "bone scars" which mean that I had also gotten a hairline fracture which healed on its own.

Keep it wrapped in an ace bandage and ice it. I think I wore the ace bandage for the full 9 months if I'm remembering correctly (its been a good 15 years now).