Ouch!

amills1152 · January 2013

Hey you guys, so... since I attempted jogging a week ago (which I hadn't done in a LONG time) my knees have been a bit painful, but what has been the worst is my ankle. Right on the inside, the actual BONE hurts... like I can run my finger on top of the bone, not a muscle or anything, but like the actual rounded little cap of the bone itself and the pain is ridiculous. I just had to stop my work out which includes some high impact cardio. Yesterday when I got on the bike at the gym, my ankle was fine (as I'd stayed off my feet the day before to let some blisters heal) and the movements of that didn't hurt. Today I wrapped my ankle in ACE bandage and the more jumping jacks and knee highs that I did the worse the pain became... anybody know what that's all about? I don't think it's at all muscular. When I described it to my mom she thought it could be a stress fracture but I thought nahhh something like that would hurt more, or so I'd think. Could it be tendonitis? Like I said, the BONE right under my skin is what really hurts, even if I run my finger over it, and I've just noticed it now looks slightly purple? ACK. I'm icing it at the moment, any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. (I unfortunately have no health insurance - SIGH. The joys of being self-employed - so I don't know like at WHAT point I should see a doctor about this...)

amills1152 · January 2013

Oh, and not really any swelling that I can see.

Thanks in advanced!

richytm · January 2013

I can't really help with a diagnosis but I would say that if you feel pain during any exercise to stop immediately as you're probably injured, creating an injury or performing an exercise with bad form - continuing will only make things worse.

I hope it's nothing serious though and that somebody here can help in telling you what it may be

amills1152 · January 2013

I can't really help with a diagnosis but I would say that if you feel pain during any exercise to stop immediately as you're probably injured, creating an injury or performing an exercise with bad form - continuing will only make things worse.

I hope it's nothing serious though and that somebody here can help in telling you what it may be

Thanks, rich

That's what I did was stopped, iced, and elevated. Just did some more reading on stress fractures and unfortunately it seems like this might be exactly what it is! Yikes!

richytm · January 2013

I can't really help with a diagnosis but I would say that if you feel pain during any exercise to stop immediately as you're probably injured, creating an injury or performing an exercise with bad form - continuing will only make things worse.

I hope it's nothing serious though and that somebody here can help in telling you what it may be

Thanks, rich That's what I did was stopped, iced, and elevated. Just did some more reading on stress fractures and unfortunately it seems like this might be exactly what it is! Yikes!

Good to hear! You see so many people talk about pushing through pain when it could end up quite bad for them.

That's unfortunate, but at least you have a good idea as to what it is. You'll have to rest up then it seems, probably see someone too I would imagine for a confirmation diagnosis but I understand your reluctance in your position, times like this really highlight how lucky the uk and others are for having the NHS

rduhlir · January 2013

I have had stress fractures in my feet. I had 3 at one time once, one on the inside of the heel and they hurt bad. Bad enough to where I was gimpy. for several weeks. One of the easiest ways to tell is if you press on it. If you push on it, does it hurt more when you push in or when you release it? Also, can you put any weight on it? A stress fracture will have pain with weight, but no or minimal with no weight.

I would say go to a doctor and get it evaluated. If it is a stress fracture, you really need to get it taken care of. Which means a few weeks or so in a boot and possible physical theropy. But, seriously go get it taken care of. A stress fracture is exactly how it sounds. You put stress on an part of your body and now you body needs to heal. Not taken care of, stress fractures can develop into actual bone snaps (saw this in boot camp, not pretty).

The doctors will probably evaluate your calcium levels and stuff too and make sure there isn't any underlining problem that caused this. For example, calcium deficiency, or osteoporosis (they did this for me as well), just to be safe.

amills1152 · January 2013

I have had stress fractures in my feet. I had 3 at one time once, one on the inside of the heel and they hurt bad. Bad enough to where I was gimpy. for several weeks. One of the easiest ways to tell is if you press on it. If you push on it, does it hurt more when you push in or when you release it? Also, can you put any weight on it? A stress fracture will have pain with weight, but no or minimal with no weight.

I would say go to a doctor and get it evaluated. If it is a stress fracture, you really need to get it taken care of. Which means a few weeks or so in a boot and possible physical theropy. But, seriously go get it taken care of. A stress fracture is exactly how it sounds. You put stress on an part of your body and now you body needs to heal. Not taken care of, stress fractures can develop into actual bone snaps (saw this in boot camp, not pretty).

The doctors will probably evaluate your calcium levels and stuff too and make sure there isn't any underlining problem that caused this. For example, calcium deficiency, or osteoporosis (they did this for me as well), just to be safe.

Much thanks for the info, and it definitely hurts to push ON it, not so much when you release it. I WISH I could get it taken care of or even looked at but my bank account (at the moment) just can't handle the cost of that sort of thing. I'm going to just have to take it easy on it, read up as much as I can on how to take care of it, and go from there! Thanks for the info guys!

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