Ankle injury and cardio

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BriannaBelle85
BriannaBelle85 Posts: 39 Member
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I injured my ankle about a month ago playing volleyball. It is not broken, but I am still having extreme pain with certain movements. I have tried to keep it stable by wrapping it and generally taking it easy, but I am becoming very frustrated.
I'm looking for suggestions for any type of cardio or exercises that may be good that are low impact. I don't want to lose all momentum because of this and I'm really feeling down.

side note: I am going to a different doctor for a second opinion soon about whether or not I have torn ligaments/fractures.

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  • pescetarian_love
    pescetarian_love Posts: 64 Member
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    I was in a terrible car accident 5 months ago, breaking my left foot and right ankle. I am really only aloud to do the sedentary bike but I am looking into yoga as well.
  • ScubaSteve1962
    ScubaSteve1962 Posts: 612 Member
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    Swimming for cardio, have you been to a orthopedic doctor? or foot and ankle doctor?
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
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    Exercise bike, swimming, rebounding (maybe). Another possibility is "Walk At Home" or other walking workouts. These are low impact aerobics without the choreography. Because there is no choreography take out any moves that give you pain and swap them for something else: https://www.youtube.com/user/walkathomemedia
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,521 Member
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    Swim Swim Swim! It's fantastic exercise and promotes healing. Second choice is any type of water aerobics.

    If you have never learned the competitive strokes, now is your chance. Take an adult swim classes at almost any YMCA. (You will need access to a 25yd lap pool.)
  • BriannaBelle85
    BriannaBelle85 Posts: 39 Member
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    Thanks for the ideas. Honestly, I don't even feel like I am able to swim yet. Any pressure on the ankle at all hurts still. I am scared I am doing more harm than good if I am stressing an unknown injury. My appointment that I have set up is with an orthopedic Doctor. I originally went to a walk-in clinic and I feel like he had to miss something. He said it was just a bad sprain, but a month later I can barely walk. Doesn't seem right to me.

    I do have a pool at my YMCA so maybe I will try that next and see how it feels.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
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    Ankle problems? No problem!

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  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
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    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    Swim Swim Swim! It's fantastic exercise and promotes healing. Second choice is any type of water aerobics.

    If you have never learned the competitive strokes, now is your chance. Take an adult swim classes at almost any YMCA. (You will need access to a 25yd lap pool.)

    Exactly. I have degenerative osteoarthritis in my feet so impact aerobics is out of the question. I swim a lot. I also do some spin classes.
  • colonial96
    colonial96 Posts: 21 Member
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    Try to get an MRI and have them look at the cartilage on your talus bone. I had a similar injury and several doctors blamed it on a sprain. Finally, one discovered the cartilage had displaced from my talus bone and I needed microfracture surgery. It took a few years (sorry) to get back to normal, but now I can jog with the best of them. I did a lot of spinning until I was fully healed.
  • BriannaBelle85
    BriannaBelle85 Posts: 39 Member
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    colonial96 wrote: »
    Try to get an MRI and have them look at the cartilage on your talus bone. I had a similar injury and several doctors blamed it on a sprain. Finally, one discovered the cartilage had displaced from my talus bone and I needed microfracture surgery. It took a few years (sorry) to get back to normal, but now I can jog with the best of them. I did a lot of spinning until I was fully healed.

    Ugh....This is my fear. I know a sprain can hurt for a while, but I am having weird clicking and shooting pains if I turn it wrong at all of walking down stairs, etc. Doesn't seem normal. Thanks for the idea. I'll research that a bit.
  • Misskcm
    Misskcm Posts: 143 Member
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    Rule of thumb. If it hurts don't do it. It's best to rest it until it is healed or you may end up hurting it more than it was and have to sit out of exercising even longer.
  • colonial96
    colonial96 Posts: 21 Member
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    It's not a common injury, but you're naming all of the symptoms. I had to go to a specialist in another state to do my surgery. I did mine playing volleyball too. Best of luck...

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