How can you sprain your ankle while you are at home?
More ways than one could possibly imagine but here are just the first few that spring to mind: 1. you are rushing to get the doorbell and the toe of one sneaker slips into the loop of your shoelace. Once this happens, most people will fall flat before they know what hit them, but if you have very fast reflexes, you might be quick enough to try to “save yourself” by trying to jump away from the shoelace. One in 100,000 times this will work, but the other 99,999 are great opportunities to sprain your ankle because you’ll have no control how you come down. 2. You have to get up in the middle of the night and use the bathroom in the dark. You think about turning on the lights but why? You know this place like the back of your hand. You do. Except this particular night, someone {wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, visiting nephew, cat, kid, poltergeist, or most likely you} left a {sock, shoe, towel, plush toy, step stool, briefcase, dead body} in the middle of the hallway to the bathroom. 3. The Winter Olympics are on! It’s your favorite thing — the women’s ice dancing. You sit down with a nice cold one. Well, actually your fourth. Grab the remote punch the right buttons and…no sound. Crap. A cable must have come out. So, you take a nice bracing beer of your cold swallow and shamble over to the giant screen TV and look for the whazzit.. of course, none of the plugs are in the front where you could actually use them. Inschtead…you have to … what did you come over here for? Oh, yeah. Sound cable. So you slither behind the giant TV and stretch your foot all the way in. You realize in your sudden alcoholic clarify — wait — chastity — no, clarity — that you placed the TV when you were 50 pounds lighter. Crap. Stretch. Good. OH! Your foot is on the power strip you put back here. It just slips off and you sprain your left ankle right before your foot slips under the edge of your entertainment console. Your left elbow jabbed the TV and you made a desperate grab for it which simultaneously: breaks several tarsals in your left foot, dislocates your shoulder, and adds real velocity to the plummeting TV.To avoid spraining your ankle so often, you could: never get out of bed or strengthen your ankles and improve your balance. You could get “Fit in Bits” — http://tinyurl.com/h6c7fce
Sprained my ankle and now its purple?
My friend thinks I broke something in my foot but I can walk on it pretty easily but my ankle itself is purple and looks like a giant bruise. What did I do to myself this time? Btw I hurt it dancing I landed my calypso (a kind of jump) weirdly and fell on my right ankle I immediately iced and elevated it. How should I treat this? thanks in advance!
How long does it take for a sprained ankle to heal?
The truth is it depends on what you do to heal it? If you just use rest and ice and wait for it to heal itself, it could take a very long time. The average healing time using rest and ice is about 4 - 8 weeks for the most minor of sprains. However, up to 30% of people who use rest and ice still have pain 1 year later.The problem is that the ankle will still be weak and unstable after it "heals". I put that in quotes, because even though you can get back to normal activities, your ankle won't really be healed up. It will still be tender and at a high risk for another sprain. That's why so many people keep re-injuring the same ankle time and time again. It's weak, unstable and has a poor range of motion. Not only does this negatively affect the ankle, but also the areas above it (the knees, hips and low back).I have found that in order to heal a sprained ankle quickly and fully, you need to do a good rehab or healing program for the ankle. Then, it usually takes about 3 - 7 days (for grade 1-2 sprains... for grade 3 sprains- the most serious kind, it takes about 1-3 weeks vs. 2-6 months or longer with rest and ice). In order to do a good ankle rehab program, you can either go see a Physical Therapist or try a good at home ankle rehab program (I recommend the H.E.M. Ankle Rehab System), which is designed to help you heal a sprained ankle fast (about a week for most sprains) and protect you from future sprains without the need for ankle braces, wraps, and tape. It is simple to follow 3 step system backed by the latest scientific studies and does not require any equipment.If you do a good ankle rehab program, your ankle will heal fully and that means pain-free, strong, stable ankles that improve overall movement and reduce the risk of future injury.Thanks!
I sprained my ankle, do I need crutches?
A mild 'twist' hurts but doesn't swell up much. If there is bruising, you may have torn a ligament or cracked one of the small bones. If it hurts to walk on it, use crutches, since your foot is trying to tell you something! If it is not better within 2-3 days, go to the doctor, since it means it is more than a simple strain. Sprain Treatment: Elevation, ice packs every hour for 20 minutes, plus Motrin or Advil for pain and to decrease inflammation. At school or work, rest it up on a chair, and up above heart height while at home. Wrap tightly with an Ace bandage figure 8 toes-on-up to above ankle (else toes will swell up). If only the ligaments were damaged/overstretched/sprained, you can wear a tight lace-up brace with metal supports up the sides (like some sort of an ankle-corset or canvas ice skate boot) that holds the foot up at 90 degrees and very slightly rolled toward the stretched side (usually the outside) so the ligaments heal tightly, otherwise you will be constantly twisting and hurting your 'loose' ankle the rest of your life. A sneaker can be worn over this type of brace, and it can be walked on if the swelling and pain has gone down to a very mild level (no need to torture yourself!) If the ligaments were torn, the brace must be worn at ALL times (including sleeping), except when showering, for at least 3 weeks, then while walking for at least another 3 weeks. It will actually heal quicker and stronger this way than if it was plaster-casted, and you will retain most of your muscle tone.
Yellow bruise on sprained ankle?
Last Thursday I sprained my ankle tumbling at gymnastics camp. At first, it was swollen in one area, then the swelling went all around my foot. Now, the swelling has reduced mostly, there is a purple and blue line across the lower side of my foot, and all around my ankle there is a huge yellow bruise. It was never darker than that, but it's yellow around the entire ankle and most of it doesn't hurt - only the ligament that was either pulled or torn. I haven't seen a doctor yet - so i'm just wondering -Supposedly bruises turn dark, and gradually lighten - making them yellow, but the yellow area was never dark Any suggestions? Thanks=]
It's been 6 days now since I sprained my ankle and it’s swollen and bruised with a little pain. Is this normal?
On numerous occasions, I’ve seen clients that have sprained their ankle, completed multiple visits in physical therapy and they still have a considerable amount of swelling.By definition, a sprain is a tear to a ligament. Ligaments also have a poor blood supply. Which means that they will take longer to heal.Another thing that I’ve consistently seen with clients that didn’t have a tremendous amount of pain but still have a lot of swelling weeks after they roll their ankle is that their shoes were forcing them to distribute more of their weight to the outside of their foot.Even without an injury, doing any activity in shoes that force you to the outside of your feet is not only much less efficient, you’re also more vulnerable to rolling your ankle. This scenario is more commonly seen with “stability” running shoes, running shoes where the cushioning system is worn out, or with any shoe that has orthotic inserts.All of which places more stress on the soft-tissues on the outside of your ankle.Even though you hear so much about ACL tears, the ligament that’s most often sprained is located at your ankle (i.e., the anterior talofibular ligament).Talo represents the talus. Which is a relatively small bone that is a component part of the two joints that make up your rear-foot. And fibular represents the fibula, the smaller of the two bones that make up your leg. Your fibula is also a component part of your ankle joint.
I sprained my ankle, do I need to use crutches?
I can't advise you, but my experience might give you some useful info. I severely sprained my ankle on a Saturday night and I had no insurance. I did not go to the hospital. I did not want to go to urgent care either because I was broke and I figured xrays and crutches would be very costly. I comforted myself knowing that I could probably get some cheap crutches at the thrift store on Monday. BUT I own a horse, so Sunday morning I had to walk to his corral, about 60 feet, in order to feed him then walk back to the house (2x, breakfast and dinner). I also had to move around to go to the bathroom, eat, etc. I did not have crutches or a brace. My ankle was almost the size of a softball. But I walked on it. After the first day I had gotten accustomed to the pain, and I continued to walk on it without a brace or crutches. I stayed off it as much as possible, iced it occasionally and kept the foot elevated. I don't walk with a limp now, and the swelling went away permanently after I soaked my feet in an Epsom salt bath, about a month after the incident. (I would have done it sooner if I'd known that it would take away the swelling and pain!) I'm convinced that if I had stayed off it (by using crutches and/or a brace) it would have stiffened up and likely created a permanent limp. Not all sprained ankles are the same...I'm just relaying my experience.
Sprained ankle- tryouts coming up?!?!?
it really comes down to your position with your team....i ve played in highschool and im playing in college and i have jacked my ankles up......If you are a returning varsity or starter....you should not have to worry....but if your competing for a position or a starting spot.....it dose not hurt to show some heart. My Full Proof Ankle restoration plan Before practice/games -ankle stretching/loosening -taping by professional -active ankle or ankle brace (recommended) Off the Court -Ice -Anti Inflamitory pills -ankle strengthening exercises it really comes down to how you feel when you start warming up, if you have talent and something to bring to the game, your coaches (if they are intelligent) should not let play. My coaches in high school and now in college do not let players play injured. Good Luck though
Sprained ankle and volleyball tryouts?
rest! but dont baby it. when you go to tryouts definately have your coach or trainer look at it before you play. they may want you to sit out or maybe do alternate exercises than the other players. You said that you've been to open practices so they already have a good idea of your abilities. And they may want you healthy for season- b/c i garuntee that it will keep bothering you until its gets a long rest. BUT you may just have to take some meds, brace it, and tough it out. If you really want to play that is.-yOu can rest it after season.
Why have my toes turned blue after i sprained my ankle?
I sprained my ankle last week at tennis practice. It was pretty bad, my ligament was pretty messed up, but luckily nothing was broken. because of that, the physio said it would be best not to cast it as it is a muscle and therefore needs to be exercised properly so that it doesn't heal all stiff and i don't lose any range of motion in my ankle. Therefore i try to walk on it as much as i can, i do exercises (turning my ankle, pointing and flexing etc...) A few days ago my toes started to turn blue purple, not the kind of blue purple that you get when you cut of circulation, more of a bruise colour. These bruise started getting darker and appeared on all my toes and the sides of my heel. Why does this happen?