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What Causes Severe Pain And Swelling In The Foot After An Injury To The Shin?

After hitting my shin 2 weeks ago, firstly no real pain or problem but after a few days ankle swelled and turned blue.Again no real pain but in lasr few days intense pain at side of foot. On feet all day as a teacher and need tp drive. Pain killers do not have any effect. Please advise,

Fri, 2 Jun 2017
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in my opinion you may have injured your ligaments or caused a severe haematoma, you should keep doing ice packs on your foot for 7 minutes twice daily you can also use bandage but if swelling increased then it may need to be examined physically and by MRI.
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What Causes Severe Pain And Swelling In The Foot After An Injury To The Shin?

in my opinion you may have injured your ligaments or caused a severe haematoma, you should keep doing ice packs on your foot for 7 minutes twice daily you can also use bandage but if swelling increased then it may need to be examined physically and by MRI.