Dragged Down by a Sprained Ankle

[barking_iguana]

Just so everyone knows, for the last few weeks i've been unable to stand for more than about 10 minutes without a lot of pain, I'm walking funny (which is building up pain away from the ankle that is the cause) and I've got background pain all the time, despite now being on Celebrex. And driving hurts, too. Being newly on the Clebrex, I didn't cancel Sunday plans that had me walking mroe than I had recently, which I think turned out to be a mistake.

I sprained the ankle in January, doing mild pernament damage, I was told. But damage that was supposed to lead to increased susceptability to future sprains, not constant pain. With physical therapy, the pain all but went away, but not quite. But in August, it started getting a little worse. Two weeks ago, it got a lot sorse and I don't know what the future holds.

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[(Anonymous)]

Most likely you have what I call a ‘permanent sprain’, such as I have in my left ankle since I had an accident when I was 18. It’s still tender, nearly 30 years later. As a nurse said to me on some occasion, I don’t remember what occasion, she said, ‘I’ll bet you wish you had broken it’. Broken bones mend, but stretched ligaments stay stretched, I guess.

That kind of sprain needs to be exercised, as I learned back in 1992 when I finally took it to a doctor. The more you favor it, the more it will hurt, and the less able it will be to handle a surge in activity. Try walking in small steps so that you can move the good foot and the bad one the same way; the brain will note the symmetry and stop favoring the injured part as much. Whatever you do, and assuming it is ‘just’ a permanent sprain, don’t protect it by limping on the other leg.

I’m sorry you’ve got one of these, it’s nasty and actually, for me, the original accident (which happened playing with a frisbee by myself while extremely sleepy) is something for which I still have a psychological trauma.

[chemoelectric.livejournal.com]

D’oh! I just realized I can’t delete an anon comment.

[chemoelectric.livejournal.com]

Most likely you have what I call a ‘permanent sprain’, such as I have in my left ankle since I had an accident when I was 18. It’s still tender, nearly 30 years later. As a nurse said to me on some occasion, I don’t remember what occasion, she said, ‘I’ll bet you wish you had broken it’. Broken bones mend, but stretched ligaments stay stretched, I guess.

That kind of sprain needs to be exercised, as I learned back in 1992 when I finally took it to a doctor. The more you favor it, the more it will hurt, and the less able it will be to handle a surge in activity. Try walking in small steps so that you can move the good foot and the bad one the same way; the brain will note the symmetry and stop favoring the injured part as much. Whatever you do, and assuming it is ‘just’ a permanent sprain, don’t protect it by limping on the other leg.

I’m sorry you’ve got one of these, it’s nasty and actually, for me, the original accident (which happened playing with a frisbee by myself while extremely sleepy) is something for which I still have a psychological trauma.

[cinema-babe.livejournal.com]

Ouch! One of my ankles was dislocated some 20 years ago and over the years I've had weakness, pain, etc. About 15 years ago an orthopedic surgeon told me that when I was having discomfort to wear a soft ankle brace (basically an ace bandage) for a week or two and take a NSAID daily (I usually do 200-400mg of ibuprofen.)

The bandage support the weak tendons and the pills keep it from aching.

I have no idea i there's a scientific basis for this or it's pure placebo, I figure it's somewhere between the two.

Hope it stops bothering you soon.

[spiralsongkat.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that you're hurting. Please be as kind to yourself as you can!

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Hope you are feeling better soon!

*hugs*