Fractured ankle or bad sprain?!
Question: Fractured ankle or bad sprain.?
Twisted my ankle Sunday, still having pain and swelling radiating from ankle up to knee and hurts to bear weight. Is it fractured or just a bad sprain.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Could be either, and fractures can take 3 days to show up on an x-ray - but that time has passed.
Keep it elevated as much as possible, with ice on it.
Physical Therapists also recommend a "contrast bath."
Its a 20 minute process...
4 minutes ~ hot as you can stand ~ water soak
1 minute ~ very cold water
back and forth for the full 20 minutes, 3 ~ 4 times a day.
You seriously need to consider seeing the doctor if not showing any sign of improvement in a few days.Health Question & Answer
Keep it elevated as much as possible, with ice on it.
Physical Therapists also recommend a "contrast bath."
Its a 20 minute process...
4 minutes ~ hot as you can stand ~ water soak
1 minute ~ very cold water
back and forth for the full 20 minutes, 3 ~ 4 times a day.
You seriously need to consider seeing the doctor if not showing any sign of improvement in a few days.Health Question & Answer
(1) If you have a significant amount of swelling not going away along with bruising and pain then you probably did fracture some bones assuming that your bones were not strong enough to tolerate the stress.
(2) You could have torn something and need corrective surgery
(3) It could be a bad sprain in which case you need to wrap it tight, take advil, with ice packs on the damaged area and resting on something. Do not put any weight on it otherwise it won't heal.Health Question & Answer
(2) You could have torn something and need corrective surgery
(3) It could be a bad sprain in which case you need to wrap it tight, take advil, with ice packs on the damaged area and resting on something. Do not put any weight on it otherwise it won't heal.Health Question & Answer
from my experience a sprain hurts much more than a fracture and takes time to heal but you should consult a doc just incaseHealth Question & Answer