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Sarah B.
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First, here's some background: I'm a runner, a bike rider, and I do yoga regularly. I'm in fairly good shape, not overweight, and I'm 36-years-old. Coming down the stairs about a month ago (I didn't fall or trip, just normal walking), something tore in my ankle, and it was quite painful. I iced it right away, and it seemed fine. I forgot all about it, and then about a week later, I was doing Pilates, and went to put my leg behind me for a normal lunge stretch, nothing too crazy, I've done it about a million times, and it felt like someone stabbed my foot with a small knife and dragged it across my foot.
X-rays are totally normal. Doc put me in an aircast boot for one month. It's been three days in the boot and my foot hurts worse than it ever, ever had. Is this normal?? Is it that part of healing that it has to get worse before it gets better? It's my calcaneotibular ligament. (The P.A. didn't tell me that, it's what I gathered from looking at a graph of the ligaments of the foot.) And the pain is below the nob of the ankle bone on the outside of my foot. Sometimes it's pain and sometimes it feels like something is flapping around, like I have a piece of tape stuck to my foot that I want to rip off. Sometimes the pain runs to the middle/outside of my foot. I can walk on it, bearing weight, but being on my feet for too long causes irritation. Heat also makes it worse. I can't flex my foot very far and any stretch or movement I do that stretches my calf and/or hamstring muscles causes unbelievable pain in my foot. (For instance, leaning in to open a heavy door or closing the car door with my hip..)
There's no visible swelling, no discoloration, and I can touch it, even squeeze it, without any pain at all.
My doc seemed a little perplexed..(well, he was a P.A. but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing), so I'm here for a second opinion.
Can anyone help? I feel hopeless, like this is one of those injuries that will never heal.... It has caused me much discouragement. I've been unable to participate in any physical activity, and that, coupled with my depression has caused me to gain 5 pounds in the last month. I need to get back out on the road...back to my normal life. I'm icing it a few times a day, taking NAIDS and keeping the boot on unless I'm sleeping, showering, or driving (it's my right foot, damn!). I'm following doctor's orders, I just need to know if this is just a case of me being impatient, or if there's something else going on here.
(I don't know if it's helpful or related at all, but I did tear my Achilles in Basic Military Training, but that was 11 years ago. There is no pain or problems with my Achilles now.)
Any help or any encouragement at all would be invaluable to me. Thank you so much!
X-rays are totally normal. Doc put me in an aircast boot for one month. It's been three days in the boot and my foot hurts worse than it ever, ever had. Is this normal?? Is it that part of healing that it has to get worse before it gets better? It's my calcaneotibular ligament. (The P.A. didn't tell me that, it's what I gathered from looking at a graph of the ligaments of the foot.) And the pain is below the nob of the ankle bone on the outside of my foot. Sometimes it's pain and sometimes it feels like something is flapping around, like I have a piece of tape stuck to my foot that I want to rip off. Sometimes the pain runs to the middle/outside of my foot. I can walk on it, bearing weight, but being on my feet for too long causes irritation. Heat also makes it worse. I can't flex my foot very far and any stretch or movement I do that stretches my calf and/or hamstring muscles causes unbelievable pain in my foot. (For instance, leaning in to open a heavy door or closing the car door with my hip..)
There's no visible swelling, no discoloration, and I can touch it, even squeeze it, without any pain at all.
My doc seemed a little perplexed..(well, he was a P.A. but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's doing), so I'm here for a second opinion.
Can anyone help? I feel hopeless, like this is one of those injuries that will never heal.... It has caused me much discouragement. I've been unable to participate in any physical activity, and that, coupled with my depression has caused me to gain 5 pounds in the last month. I need to get back out on the road...back to my normal life. I'm icing it a few times a day, taking NAIDS and keeping the boot on unless I'm sleeping, showering, or driving (it's my right foot, damn!). I'm following doctor's orders, I just need to know if this is just a case of me being impatient, or if there's something else going on here.
(I don't know if it's helpful or related at all, but I did tear my Achilles in Basic Military Training, but that was 11 years ago. There is no pain or problems with my Achilles now.)
Any help or any encouragement at all would be invaluable to me. Thank you so much!