Is my ankle sprained or fractured? If not treated can it become worse?
Is my ankle sprained or fractured? If not treated can it become worse?
Feb 27
I think I sprained my ankle in basketball today but I am not positive. Whenever I walk it hurts but I am still able to walk. When I put pressure on the ankle it has pain and when I walk on soft surfaces, such as a mattress it hurts because my ankle is not in a straight position. My leg is swelled up and is tender and hurts when touched. I can not bend my foot to the side or back. Is it a sprained ankle I have? Also, if I do not treat my ankle and keep walking on it, will it get worse? And can a fracture occur from that?
I don’t think your ankle is broken. If it were broken, I doubt very seriously you’d be able to stand on it for very long, let alone walk on it. I had a broken pinkie toe once and I thought I was going to die. I could walk on my foot, but not without extreme pain for a week, and that’s just a pinkie toe, so imagine what it would be for your ankle that supports a great deal of your body weight.
You want to stay off your ankle as much as you can. You should ice it to bring the swelling down. Some people get ace bandages to wrap their ankles in, but I don’t think that’s necessary. You don’t want to restrict any blood flow to the injury because it’s the blood cells that are going to speed heeling.
If your pain gets worse over the next couple of days, have it x-rayed. You could have a slight hairline fracture, but again, I would bet that it is not a break because you can at least walk on it.
Oh, sorry. Forgot to answer the other part of your question. As far as getting worse? If the ankle is sprained, a break due to the sprain is very, very unlikely. If you did have a fracture, not having your foot set *could* cause you all kinds of problems in the future, including a malformation of your foot as the bone heals without being set in place, and of course, the eventual arthritis that comes with it.
Like I said, if after close of play tomorrow your ankle is still really bothering you, have it x-rayed. Better to be safe than sorry.
I don’t think your ankle is broken. If it were broken, I doubt very seriously you’d be able to stand on it for very long, let alone walk on it. I had a broken pinkie toe once and I thought I was going to die. I could walk on my foot, but not without extreme pain for a week, and that’s just a pinkie toe, so imagine what it would be for your ankle that supports a great deal of your body weight.
You want to stay off your ankle as much as you can. You should ice it to bring the swelling down. Some people get ace bandages to wrap their ankles in, but I don’t think that’s necessary. You don’t want to restrict any blood flow to the injury because it’s the blood cells that are going to speed heeling.
If your pain gets worse over the next couple of days, have it x-rayed. You could have a slight hairline fracture, but again, I would bet that it is not a break because you can at least walk on it.
Oh, sorry. Forgot to answer the other part of your question. As far as getting worse? If the ankle is sprained, a break due to the sprain is very, very unlikely. If you did have a fracture, not having your foot set *could* cause you all kinds of problems in the future, including a malformation of your foot as the bone heals without being set in place, and of course, the eventual arthritis that comes with it.
Like I said, if after close of play tomorrow your ankle is still really bothering you, have it x-rayed. Better to be safe than sorry.
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it might just b sprained, but it WILL get worse if u keep walking on it. get a wrap thingy at like cvs if u dnt wnt to go to the docs to keep it all tight. i wudnt go to bball for a few days, itll only get worse. itll heal quicker if u stay off of it, wrap it, ice it, and prop it up on a pillow!
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it is extremely possible that you did sprain your ankle. If you keep walking on it and if you keep playing basketball on it you are likely to worsen the damage. Even if it isn’t sprained I would go easy on it for awhile and possibly buy a brace for it. If it still hurts and Is swollen after a week or so I would consider seeing a doctor just to make sure
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