state how each part of the treatment helpe to aid recovery:
Depends on how bad the ankle is. But u should do the RICE routine.
Rest – rest the injured area
Ice – reduces swelling
Compression – also helps prevent/reduce swelling. Make sure its not too tight.
Eleveate – elevate injured area above heart level. reduces the throbbing pain that may be present.
ankle brace?
ice
rest
elevation
wrap it
if you fell it is unstable when walking you may want to get a wrap from the drug store
good luck
fckin twisted my ankle comin out of a store two or so days ago.
its not bruised, and this is definitely not the first time i been hurt, but it’s still sore although i cant spot any swelling.
i can walk on it, its like an occasional pain, throbbing and dull.
so what do i do? insurance is a bitch so seein a doctor has got to be a last resort.
anyone help?
It can take a few days for pain to settle after twisting an ankle. Standard treatment for sprained ankles should offer some relief even if you can’t see any swelling. There could be bruising that hasn’t come to the surface yet.
Rest- Try not to walk too much
Ice- Apply ice packs (but don’t put ice in direct contact with skin)
Compression – Bandage it for support but don’t bandage too tightly and take them off when you go to bed.
Elevation – Prop it up as often as you can to take the weight off. Above the level of the heart is best but any elevation is better than putting weight on it
If you want to try to bring the bruising out alternate the ice packs with bathing the ankle in hot (not scalding hot) water.
I already do the one where you sit with your leg out in front of you and put a towel around the bottom and pull towards you. I do another one where I sit with my feet on the floor and slide my foot back as far as I can and still keep the heel on the floor, then press the heel into the floor.
I’d like to know some other ones I can do to help strengthen my ankle.
Try this. Good luck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXe0vcAy0o&feature=PlayList&p=0D63D12E9C3A3B8F&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=15
Ok, I was petting my step dad’s dog, she was happy at first, then suddenely snatched my arm and held on. I pulled it out of her mouth and it was bleeding a lot. Called my dad after I got it bandaged and told him what happened.
My step dad yelled at me for getting bit, then threw the first aid kit at me and told me to clean it up. After he saw me having issues wrapping my wrist one handed, he came over and angrily did it himself. I went upstairs and put pressure on it and tried to get it to stop bleeding. It bled through the gauze and tape we used. I then called my dad and said "What do I do with this?" because he’s a nurse. He said to go to Urgent Care, get it cleaned out and see if stitches were needed. At the very least, I’d most likely need antibiotics to prevent infection.
So my friend picked me up and I went to Urgent Care. I didn’t bother asking my step dad to take me because I knew he wouldn’t and my mom was out of town so she couldn’t. When I got there, the doctor cleaned it and said that it was just barely below the point of needing stitches so he put three seri stips on it and gave me antibiotics because of how deep it was.
I called my mom on the way and left her a voice mail saying where I was headed. She called me back later yelling at me for doing that when my step dad told her it wasn’t bad. He didn’t even look at it at all. Just slapped on some gauze and taped it.
It then continued to bleed for about 3 hours after she bit me and I got the seri strips from the doctor. I got it to stop temporarily, then it started back up again, but not nearly as bad this time.
So anyway, my mom is pissed off that I went to urgent care saying it was a waste of money, she just got a check for about 15 grand yet acts like we’re hurting with money. She then didn’t believe me when I told her EXACTLY what the doctor said. He said that I did need to go in and that it wasn’t just a "little" dog bite. Yes, only one tooth went in, but it went alllll the way in. My mom is mad that I took the advice of my dad and the advice nurse for Providence instead of just ignoring it. This isn’t the first time she’s been mad at me for ignoring an illness/injury. She ignored it when I had a horrible ankle sprain and needed crutches, she ignored it when my face started swelling until I couldn’t talk any more and we discovered I had an infection in the bone, she ignored it when I got sick until my throat swelled almost completely shut, and she attempted to ignore it when I broke my collar bone.
I guess what I’m asking is what do you think about all this? Do you think I should have just stayed home to "wait it out" with this one or was it okay for me to go in and get it checked out. I don’t see why things should wait till you’re infected or horribly sick before getting them taken care of. She takes care of herself quickly, why can’t she do that for her kids too? Any ideas from parents out there as to why this might be? She got mad about "yet another medical bill" when none have been my fault! I had ear infections as a kid all the time, so she had to treat me for those. Have depression, and so I had to be treated for that too. Then there was the broken bones (both collar bones but years apart.) Maybe she’s just tired of doing it, but I can’t control when I get sick or hurt. You would think this would be the sort of thing she’d expect to have to do at some point in the life of her 4 kids, but I don’t know.
I think you did the right thing. A deep puncture is actually a lot worse than a tear, because its far easier to get an infection in the pocket it makes. Every medical condition in the world is easier to treat if identified early so treatment can be started before complications set in. A dog bite can easily get infected. An infection left untreated can lead to loss of the limb, or even death. I agree that this sounds like it verges on abuse. More accurately neglect. I would assume that you are scheduled for follow-up for the bite. Talk to the doctor or nurse about your mom and step-father’s reaction. Talk to your dad about it. You don’t give your age. If you are able to consent to your own treatment without a parent, then you must be 18. If you are, then you can make your own decisions. You can go live with your dad, assuming its ok with him, even if you are not finished with high school. You can look into enrolling in college and living in a dorm. I think you need to be away from your mom and step-dad. That doesn’t mean to break contact with them. I don’t know why your mom might be acting like this. It could be financial…I know 15,000 seems like a lot of money, but things are very expensive and times are tough… they money may have been specific to a purpose. Health care costs quite a lot. It sounds like you have had several injuries and illnesses. Do they have health insurance? There can be stresses between your parents and step-parents. I wouldn’t worry about the why so much, just work on getting your life together so you are not dependent on their decisions.
As I was stepping off a public bus, my ankle rolled off the edge of uneven concrete. My body weight coming down on that ankle made the sprain even worse. I heard pop pop and then severe pain and I knew I did something very bad. I was taken to the emergency room and when I finally got to be seen by a doctor she was very short with me, rude, impatient and not very informative at all. I had a temporary splint that was put on from the ambulance driver which she basically YANKED off. She never examined my ankle. She just told me the x-ray showed I didn’t break my ankle and I can just go home. I tried to get any kind of a explanation from her but she just kept acting like she just wanted to get rid of me. I asked for crutches but she treated me like I was crying over a small scrape. She made me get off the examination table, with no assistance from anyone, and try to stand on it, which I couldn’t because of the pain and I couldn’t straighted my foot out. So she finally begrudgingly let me have the crutches, I went home and waited for my ankle to heal. 2 weeks later my sister convinced me to go to a small family practice nearby. Upon removing the bandage the doctor and his nurse were both shocked at how swollen, bruised and slightly crooked my ankle still was. The doctor was actually shocked that I got that kind of treatment from someone at the other hospital. He suggested a free hospital since I lost both my part time and full time jobs because of the injury and didn’t have any insurance. When I got there I was examined by doctors who were very caring and empathetic to me. They said I should have never been trying to walk on it, and told me about R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) I was never told that from the other ER doctor. I was told I suffered a 3rd degree sprain with possible ligament, tendon damage and a small broken bone. It took months of recovery with compression bandages, casts, constant pain and my ankle is not as flexible as it used to be. These days it’s difficult for me to stand on my ankle for longer than 2 hours. I wind up limping around all day afterwords with a constant dull achy pain radiating from inside the ankle outward. Is it still possible years later to sue that hospital because I feel like I was being denied proper medical treatment which may have also cause further damage to my ankle since it was swollen for 2 additional weeks?
Thanks for the advice all. To answer a couple of you, the 1st ER doc just told me it was a mild sprain and never explained how to take care of it. I really couldn’t do anything on my ankle anyway so I stayed off of it. She never even looked at it and if she did she would have seen it was the size of a large apple and already turning colors.
no, unless you can gather copies of all the reports and records from the time its going to be difficult to prove anything.
The er doctor can and simply will say that at the time she saw you there was no evidence of further or extreme injury. And that you must have either injured it further after the fact or failed to follow the recommendation to follow up with your own doctor if there was no progress within a set amount of time. Thats standard for most ER release directions.
If you had wanted to sue you should have pursued it at the time and when the latter doctors said there had been an issue in your treatment.
I sprained my ankle in January, and got X-ray’s 2 different times, when I sprained it and also last month. Both times each doctor said it was not broken. But yet it still hurts alot. When I walk to much, or on uneven ground, or just move a certain way, I get shooting pains and my toes go numb. It also swells up like there is fluid in there or something. I’m not sure what to do or how to go about treating it. But the last time I seen the doctor all he said was that the ligaments were probably torn and gave me a light pain killer to help with the pain.. Have you ever had this problem and how did you go about with treatments and the such? Thank you everyone in advance! 
sprains hurt forever it seems. if you didn’t care for it properly in the beginning then it will take even longer to heal. since sprains are inflamed you should never put heat on them (it makes it worse) never heat on heat always ice. ice every day for preventive measures until you are sure it’s healed. wrap your ankle in ace bandages but not too tight it will cause it to swell even more. try and stay off of the ankle for as long as you can this is a case when you need to baby it. your ankles and feet have to hold the rest of your body up and it can’t get better if it’s doing all that work. take it easy for a week with your ice and bandage. get a lymphatic drainage massage it will also help to relieve the swelling and pain.
sorry to hear about your ankle i hope this info helps
So yesterday I went to gymnastics, I landed and I rolled my ankle and it hurts when I put pressure on it. How can I cure it quickly?
Standard care for a sprain = RICE
R-rest- The first 24-48 hours after the injury is considered a critical treatment period and activities need to be curtailed. Gradually use the injured extremity as much as tolerated, by try to avoid any activities that cause pain. Often using a splint, sling, or crutches is necessary to adequately rest the injured body part.
I-ice- For the first 48 hours post-injury, ice the sprain or strain 20 minutes at a time every 3-4 hours. The ice pack can be a bag of frozen vegetables (peas or corn), allowing you to be able to re-use the bag.
C-Compression- Use compression when elevating a sprain or strain in early treatment. Using an Ace bandage, wrap the area overlapping the elastic wrap by one-half of the width of the wrap. The wrap should be snug, but not cutting off circulation to the extremity. So, if your fingers or toes become cold, blue, or tingle, re-wrap!
E-elevate- Keep your sprain or strain as best possible–try to get it higher than your heart if possible. Elevate at night by placing pillows under your arm or leg.
A few years ago Tim Duncan went down with an ankle injury in the playoff series against the Celtics. The Boston fans cheered when they saw he was injured and booed him as he got up and finished the game. Does anyone remember what year that was? Or have a video? Thanks
WTF Playoff Series?
What have you been smoking my friend?
I have a permanent ankle injury from football, so running type of cardio is out of the question. Im trying to burn a fair amount of fat, which has accumulated over the years cause of my extremely sluggish metabolism. Any suggestions for things that will work for burning fat quickly?
This will help, its a video of how to do it. Step by step
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC505rXDbpQ