i went to the doctor yesterday and found out that i did fracture my ankle any suggestions on how to feelbetter
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A CAST...TO IMMOBILIZE...REST ON THE AREA...AND A COUPLE OF AUTOGRAPHS FROM YOUR FRIENDS...AFTER THEY PAMPER YOU
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I hope to God you didn't cut it yourself......You should be at the doctors rather than sitting on the Internet......it will take a while to heal that's why you need to get to the docs immediately......and you get dizzy because you are losing your life, that's why!!!!
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compression is the best thing you can do. I'm an athlete and have suffered some pretty bad sprains and compression has always worked but only if it's a sprain.\n\nbut in your case it sounds more like a fracture than a sprain. temporarily put crushed ice in a plastic bag and put it on ur ankle and put a little pressure...not too much pressure or you'll make it worse. depending on how much cold your skin can take do this for an hour or so.\n\ngive an hours break and then put your ankle in a tub filled with hot water...again as hot as you can take. it'll sooth the pain. keep it in until the water cools off.\nthen if u have bandages at home, apply a little pain relief cream on your ankle and wrap up your ankle properly and carefully.\nbe very careful about how tight you tie it. if it's too tight you'll hurt yourself worse.\n\nif you don't wanna risk the bandages alternate the compression and hot water treatment.\notherwise just the hot water treatment will do.\nhope this helps...best of luck\n\nn yeah try not to move around much...use a walking stick.
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See an orthopaedic surgeon...or go to ER if it just happened...
482255
I fell down the stairs, and bruised my tailbone.  It took almost 2 months to heal.  All I could do was stand up and sit down.  Not much sense in going to the Dr.  He won't do anything except tell him to take tylenol or something.  I suggest naproxen.
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Best thing you can do is the old standard ICE treatment: \n\nIce - cool the area down to prevent increase swelling of the area and bruising\n\nCompress - wrap the area with a flexible pressure bandage, like an ace wrap, but not too tight\n\nElevate - elevate the area above the heart to prevent increased swelling into the area and to take weight off of it.\n\nSymptoms of the sprain are not much different from a strain.  The sprain is a overstreatching of a ligament, and a strain is a overstreatching of a muscle.  A break of the bone in the area may not hurt much at all, in fact, many people break bones and don't have symptoms until the next day.  For me, a strain or a sprain is ever so much more painful than a straight break.  The problem with a strain or a sprain is that unless you allow them to heal properly, the area will forever remain weak and prone to reinjury.  Best to stay off the foot for the evening, see how it goes tomorrow.  I C E it and that should help you.  \n\nIf you are having problem with feeling any parts, loss of sensation, then see your doctor because increased pressure on a nerve after a serious injury can cause permanent loss of sensation.  For this reason alone, elevating it, resting it, compressing it and icing it down for 72 hours should help.
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There is not much they can do for it. That happened to my dad, the pain very bad so i feel for you. It will go away but you are very suseptable to re-injuring it so regardless of what a Dr may or may not be able to do for you i would speak to one and get up to speed on this type of injury. Make no mistake it is very serious.
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get popsicle sticks and dont bend. make a splint. that is just temporary. go see a doctor ASAP. maybe the fracture isn't just a crack. maybe there are bone chips inside the it might damage some nerves. go see a doctor ASAP
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hell ask if it hurts really bad and feel ur knee a little then do a mri
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First of all, don't exercise through pain. It is better to give yourself a rest for a while. But if the pain becomes stronger, contact your doctor immediately! It can be too serious if you don't!
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Take off all your clothes and lay on the Bed for a few minutes to see if it go away. May try stretching the leg some too. It could be a pinched nerve and should be OK in a few days. I not sure what you feel, but, you know your Body better than anyone. IF, it not feel right to you soon, you may want to see a Doctor just to play it safe. Many problems can start out feeling like nothing and slowly progress into a major disabling condition.
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I suggest you see your regular physcian and get an mri.Take glucosamine in the mean time could be am old fracture to anything once you get an mri they will be able to see more and suggest treatment options
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Ok you either bruised the bone or you have a heel spur; or both!  Maybe you had a heel-spur and it broke off when you fell. OR..you may have cracked your heel, which no orthopedic doc can do anything about..no cast or anything.   Only way to know is see a doc and have an xray.  Otherwise, soak in ice, take asiprin for inflammation with food, and grit your teeth.
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Take a Dixie cup or some other small paper cup and put water in there and freeze it.  After you get back from the run, grab the ice and tear of the paper a little ways to uncover the ice.  Then use it to massage your ankles and shins.  This really helps stop the swelling and inflamation and thus the pain.  Popping a few Advil can also help get rid of the inflamation.  Try running on grass.  It's softer and absorbs more of the force.  Also go out to a running store and have them help you pick out shoes.  I remember walking into one once and they had me take off my shoes and walk in front of them.  They came back with a pair of shoes the fit my high arches perfectly and gave me the right amount of support.  It was pretty amazing and it did help my shin splints get better.  If you find that the right shoes, grass running, and ice massages don't help, you may actually have stress fractures.  Give it a few weeks to see if the pain goes away.  If you still have it, and it hurts to even walk, go into your doctor for an xray.  Before I got really good shoes I had shin splints so bad that I was actually getting really close to tearing through my tendions.  At least that's what my doctor said.  Hope that helps!  Oh, and one last thing, never ignore the pain.  It means that your body needs to recover and heal.  I used to just "walk off" most of my injuries, including pulled muscles in my back.  I ended up doing a lot of damage to my body and I can't run anymore.  I'm only 23 and was a competative sprinter for 6 years.  I cant even take a lesurly jog anymore.  Not to feak you out, but take care of yourself!
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Return to the hospital,\n they may  need , to re-x- ray your ankle ,\n it is possible a small  fracture, has been missed .\n\n Or you could have, an Achilles tendon injury  ( very painful ) \n that also and may  not  show up on the x-ray , at first .\n\n Do not weight -bear on it ,until you have had the doctors O.K \n\n pain and muscle spasms are warning signs,\n and should not be ignored \n\n I like the way you are being looked after hand and foot ,  \n that is great ;)\n That is good ! LOL!\n\n :( pain is not :((\n\n I hope you heal up very soon \n\n>^,,^<
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I had a similar experience about 2 years ago.  I fell and I thought I had a really bad sprain.  It was really swollen and I had bruises all the way up to my knee.  I had never broken anything before and I was pretty sure it wasn't broken.  I didn't hear anything snap and it hurt when I fell, but not too bad.  My mom, a nurse, came and looked at it and told me to keep it elevated.\n\nAbout a month later, I had an appointment with a Podiatrist for something totally unrelated.  When he saw how swollen and bruised I was after 4 weeks, he took an x-ray.  I had broken my leg and my ankle was broken in 3 places.  I was shocked - I always thought breaking a bone would be excruchiating pain!  I had to have surgery and they put a plate and some screws in there.  Now I'm back to normal, with a lovely scar to show for it.  No offense to my mom, but I'm thinking it's a good thing she is retired.\n\nIf after 6 weeks you are still swollen, there is definitely something wrong.  They've ruled out broken bones, but you'll have to wait for the MRI to find out what is really wrong.  Sure, you might need surgery, but it could be worse.  For example, did I mention the fact that I have MS, which affects my left leg and my breaks were in my right leg?  What this meant is that, because my left leg is not able to hold me up, crutches did no good.  I was basically living on my couch for 2 months.  \n\nGood luck with everything - I'm sure you'll be fine =)
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Forget work and take care of yourself.  I did the same thing when my appendix burst and nearly killed me.  Get to the doctor.  When your body "complains,"  listen.