ankle injury help.

MaddiJoseph

Hi. I have a question. I went to bed last night with my ankle a little sore and woke up this morning hardly able to walk on it. I didn't do anything other than a little bit of walking yesterday and have absolutely no Idea what is wrong with it. It's not swollen and I can put weight on it as long as it's not toward the outside. I've tried soaking it in hot water and propping it but that doesn't help. Obviously I can't work out on it and that frustrates me. Beyond that I have a 7 month old baby in an upstairs bedroom that I have to get to about 15 times a day. Does anyone have any ideas about what I could have done to it or any ways to help me recover?

Deedsie

No idea what you did to it but I hurt mine too. Same thing. Ran fine on Thursday. Little sore yesterday and swollen by 2 inches larger than my other today.

I'm using R.I.C.E.

Rest
Ice
Compress
Elevate

I'm also taking advil.

mfpcopine

You should be following the RICE protocol like Deetsie, and take an anti-inflammatory. Don't put heat on it.

MaddiJoseph

I'm doing my best. the rest part is driving me crazy though. I hate sitting still. thanx.

LorinaLynn

RICE, and get it checked if it doesn't improve.

I was moving around just fine on my ankle, regularly running between 3-7 miles several times a week, and it wasn't until after short two mile run that I realized "Hey... this hurts." Rested for one week, no improvement, so I got it checked and had a stress fracture.

Deedsie

I was able to use the Cybex yesterday. No pain or swelling. Hope you are improving as well!

MaddiJoseph

I'm glad to hear it! Mine is getting better, I've been walking a little bit at work. I'm still going to give it a week before I attempt a workout, but at least I can walk and cary my baby around!