Continued ankle pain six months after a suspected partial tear lateral sprain?
Six months ago, I sprained my ankle while jumping for a book at the top of a bookshelf. When I came down, I rolled over the top of my foot, something went snap, and it hurt so bad I couldn't breath. I've had a bad sprain before, about ten years ago on the same ankle when I was rather young, so I knew icing and immobilization were a good choice. However, a week of semi-mobility later, I spent an entire day bouldering with no ill effects. It continued to hurt, and still hurt quite badly a month later, so I went in to see the doctor. Said doctor was useless and told me to expect pain for another few weeks, but things were normal otherwise. It still hurt another month later so I went to another doctor who had it x-rayed and said that there weren't any fractures so there wasn't anything that could be done, despite the snap sound meaning something likely tore, at least partially, since I was hobbling without crutches a few days after the injury. Now, six months later, it still periodically hurts bad enough to keep me awake at night and when it does, there's a clicking like something's out of place in the joint when I walk. Is this normal? For any doctors, what might have really happened? Is there anything I can do, or will I have to learn to live with intermittent pain?
How long can you wait before having surgery for an ankle fracture? Can you wait a day or two?
I see by other answers there were/are details in your question I'm not seeing.Just based on the straight question of waiting for a couple days-yes, you have to.There's a hell of a lot of swelling that occurs over the first 72 hours that distorts the tissue and blood vessels, making it very hard to identify anything. Sure, there's tissue and there's bone, but there's nerves and lymphatic vessels too. They're a bitch to see in a confusion of swollen tissue.I waited three days before even seeing the surgeon who scheduled surgery several days later. I was splinted, non weight bearing and had pain control. There was nothing more than the tincture of time to be done. But my surgery was an open reduction of an internal fracture. There's so many flavored of broken bones, it's hard to make generalizations.Always get a second opinion (from a different group than your surgeon if possible) if it feels wrong.But waiting for a few days after the initial fracture is standard. Rest, ice, elevation as well as splinting and Norco are the best way to get through the first days of inflammation. Rest and heal.
How long does it take to recover from a hip flexor strain?
Not very long, ideally within a week. The odds of you having done serious damage to bones, muscles, or tendons is extremely low, even if the pain you feel suggests otherwise. How can this be, you ask? Familiarize yourself with the Neuromatrix Theory of Pain: http://easpain.com.au/wp-content... The short answer is, pain is mentally generated and not simply a matter of input by the body triggered by tissue damage. Yes, that accounts for something but it is not everything. This is serious, peer-reviewed science and if you have the time, read it through a few times until it starts to click.So the trick is: don't freak out. If you react to your current condition with amplifying fear and dread, worried that you did some horrendous damage, your mind will respond in kind by making your hip pain worse and worse. This can turn into a spiral. Don't let it. If you already have, that's okay! And totally understandable! But you'll have to get your mind to accept that any pain you feel is more a product of your mind than it is something wrong in your body.If by some highly unlikely chance your snapped or tore something, that tissue will heal within a couple of months. I doubt that you did any serious damage.And if you're dealing with some chronic pain, then consider reading John Sarno's books and begin to understand the role emotions can play in how the mind creates pain. NONE OF THIS is to say that "the pain is in your head." It's real. Totally real. But it's important to understand the source and the cause, which isn't immediately obvious.
How long does pain last after a seizure? How normal is severe pain after a seizure?
Yes it's normal and the amount of pain & nausea has nothing to do with what caused the seizure. I have a generalized seizure disorder and have had hundreds and hundreds of these types of seizures (called tonic-clonic, or grand mal). In terms of specific timeframes it's different for everyone but for the most part we epileptics all follow the same pattern after one of these seizures in general - the severity and duration of the pain is a direct function of the severity and length of the seizure. I never know I've had a seizure unless someone tells me but if it wasn't witnessed, I always know I've had one if I wake up one morning with intense muscle burning (my legs are the worst). Pain that's a mere discomfort is usually indicative of a seizure that lasted under 30 sec and it's typically gone by the end of the day, by the next morning for sure. Conversely, severe seizures that have lasted nearly 5 min render me in so much pain afterward (not immediately afterwards) it can take up to 3-4 days to fade away. If your friend's pain and nausea aren't improving with time he needs to see a doctor, though if it's his first seizure he should be seeing a doctor anyway (if he hasn't already). And did he fall and bang his head? Nausea is indicative of concussion so be extra vigilant in keeping an eye on him to make sure the nausea (headache if he has one, and other possible concussive symptoms) worsen.
Is ACL tear worse than Meniscal tear?
First of all, these are two different injuries.With the ACL tear, it is only partial or completely torn, and if you plan on staying an active individual (ie continue playing basketball and such) a reconstructive surgery is HIGHLY recommended. The reason being that the ACL is one of the primary ligaments that provides torsional stability for your knee.On the other hand, meniscus tears can range from slight tears of the miniscus to severe tears, causing either minor pain or necessary replacement surgery. From my experience, torn meniscus usually requires rest of at least a few weeks to allow your knee to reduce swelling, and if necessary, require arthroscopic surgery to clean up the torn meniscus (not replacement). I have seen people return to the courts in under a month after a torn meniscus, but like I said, this isn't always the case. However, an ACL surgery is always a reconstructive surgery and requires A LOT of rehabiliation (usually 9 months minimum) and often, people don't feel 100% for at least 2 years. Also, arhritis can become an issue in later years.. For me, I had my reconstruction surgery back in March 2012. After 4 weeks of not being able to walk + painful stretches daily, I had about a 90 degree range of motion. Over the following months, I worked on the gait of my walk (basically relearning how to walk) and slowly regained muscle strength and mass in my quad and calf (completely atrophied post surgery). In about the 4th month, I was able to start running (lightly) and so on and so forth, with no direct torsional load to my knee until about the 7th month (pivoting and such). All in all, the whole rehabiliation process was tiring and very difficult to maintain, but a little over a year later I have very little knee issues. I started playing basketball around February, but definitely not 100% back to where I was pre-injury. Advice from a fellow ACL-Tearer: BE GOOD ABOUT REHAB. I can not stress this enough. If you don't actively continue your rehab for the duration of the healing process, your knee will NEVER get back to where it was pre injury. I have heard too many stories from people who stop their rehab around month 3-4 because it gets exhausting/they get lazy (I almost quit so many times) and completely regret it because their knees are weaker than ever. Hope this helps!
I have a deep vein throumbus problem in my right leg. Is it advisable to have massage with this cream? Is it useful?
There was a recent tragic news report in the news paper, of a young kid who had a fracture of the leg bones. He was put in a plaster cast for a few weeks so that his bone could heal.After removing the cast the boy had some leg pain. To alleviate it his mother massaged his leg with oil. After the massage the kid died.It was thought by his doctors that he may have had a deep vein thrombosis of the leg due to immobilisation. And while the mother was massaging the leg, the clot in the vein must have got loosened, traveled to the lungs and resulted in pulmonary embolism and death.So the treatment for clots in the deep veins is thrombosis, heparinization, anticoagulants and in selected cases surgery to remove the clots.Never ever massage.