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Is Swelling And Bruise At An Ankle Due To A Sprain?
I rolled my ankle yesterday morning playing basketball it wasn t from a really high jumped, but it was quick and unexpected. The first day I couldn t really put walking pressure on it today I can, but only on the balls of my feet. It s swelling has gone down a lot, but is still very noticeable I can feel and wiggle my toes and my ankle has a slight burning sensation scale of 1-10 (4) Lower than yesterdays (8) and a pea size bruise in the middle where my chin meets the ankle. What do you think I did to it is it a normal high ankle sprain as it seems or is it more?
Since you have a history of trauma and complaining of pain since a long time after the incident there is a chance that you may have mild sprain of your ankle ligaments which commonly causes such pain.
* The best way to treat it would be to give rest to the leg for few days and apply an elastic ankle support while walking. this would be sufficient for a mild grade of shear. but if the problem persists for long and pain too increases you need to get thorough examination, as delaying would lead to aggravating the problem.
* If the pain is mild get an analgesic like paracetamol prescribed or use counter irritant gels and take rest.
* Do not massage rigorously as it causes more damage, report to a doctor if severity increases. Do not worry now that you got an idea of your condition and consulted a doctor you shall be alright soon. Take care.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Best regards, Dr.Suhas Chauhan
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Is Swelling And Bruise At An Ankle Due To A Sprain?
Hi, Since you have a history of trauma and complaining of pain since a long time after the incident there is a chance that you may have mild sprain of your ankle ligaments which commonly causes such pain. * The best way to treat it would be to give rest to the leg for few days and apply an elastic ankle support while walking. this would be sufficient for a mild grade of shear. but if the problem persists for long and pain too increases you need to get thorough examination, as delaying would lead to aggravating the problem. * If the pain is mild get an analgesic like paracetamol prescribed or use counter irritant gels and take rest. * Do not massage rigorously as it causes more damage, report to a doctor if severity increases. Do not worry now that you got an idea of your condition and consulted a doctor you shall be alright soon. Take care. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Best regards, Dr.Suhas Chauhan