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Hawklore · « **on:** January 22, 2006, 05:52:33 PM »

Pop..pop....

Thats what my ankle did this weekend at the Brooksville Raid that I was participating in.

It's not broken that I can tell, but my muscles are def. swolen and hyperextended.

I still can't move my pinkie and 2nd smallest toe to the extent I can on my right foot..

And, my ankle is at an angle because the right side muscles are 'tight' and the left side are 'loose' making it tilt...

Continue on,

Dago · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2006, 05:55:31 PM »

Sounds like a good sprain, that is what happens when you hyperextend.

If it was broken, you would know the differance big time, and breaking a foot is a lot rarer.

This could be avoided by losing weight and exercising more, it strengthens the muscles and this helps avoid injuries.

RightF00T · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2006, 07:02:00 PM »

Trying to steal my ID eh Hawklore! I'm on to you.

Maverick · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2006, 10:07:30 PM »

Serious sprain and torn ligaments can be worse than a break. You should have it looked at. If a tendon is torn all the way it will require surgery fairly soon to correct it. Same for ligaments holding the joint together. Seriously, if the foot is out of alignment don't wait on it. Get some medical attention.

Bodhi · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2006, 12:08:51 AM »

you're a radish....

Sandman · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2006, 12:24:18 AM »

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Originally posted by Maverick
Serious sprain and torn ligaments can be worse than a break. You should have it looked at. If a tendon is torn all the way it will require surgery fairly soon to correct it. Same for ligaments holding the joint together. Seriously, if the foot is out of alignment don't wait on it. Get some medical attention.

Bingo. I broke my ankle seven or eight years ago playing roller hockey. It required surgery, a plate and six screws to allow the bone to heal straight. The bone was the easy part. Getting the soft tissue back to skating shape took months. Therapy got me part way, but skating got me the rest... played one season with the hardware in place and then had it removed because I didn't like the way it felt inside a hockey boot.

Hawklore · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2006, 05:43:53 AM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
you're a radish....

I don't think I'd need any hobbies if I were, I'd be busy in my room all year round.

Thats a roger on going to the doc. I'm gonna see how it does, it seems to be getting better by the day, first day I couldn't move any toes, second was what I posted above, today I got a bit more movement in my toes.

Boroda · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2006, 07:12:15 AM »

First: cold compress (ice) ASAP after the trauma, in first 6 hours. In a few days you'll need warm compress or just keeping damaged foot in a hot water for some time.

Iodine grid on a swollen part of foot.

Go to the doctor, and have your foot X-rayed from several angles. The worst thing that could happen may be a broken instep bone, and it may be easily missed if you X-ray it from "ordinary" direction. I hope you don't have anything like that, but it's better to be over-cautious.

Hawklore · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2006, 05:20:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Boroda
First: cold compress (ice) ASAP after the trauma, in first 6 hours. In a few days you'll need warm compress or just keeping damaged foot in a hot water for some time.

Iodine grid on a swollen part of foot.

Go to the doctor, and have your foot X-rayed from several angles. The worst thing that could happen may be a broken instep bone, and it may be easily missed if you X-ray it from "ordinary" direction. I hope you don't have anything like that, but it's better to be over-cautious.

Rgr that Boroda..

A nice way to remember things for muscle injuries, in english..

Is, RICE it.

Rest Ice Compress Elevate

Boroda · « **Reply #9 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:51:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Hawklore
Rgr that Boroda..

A nice way to remember things for muscle injuries, in english..

Is, RICE it.

Rest Ice Compress Elevate

You have to be cautious with Ice. Ice is good only in first 4-6 hours after the injury, helps to avoid oedema (i hope it's a right word). After 2-3 days it's better to heat the injured body part.

I have suffered such injuries many times, mostly in absolutely stupid circumstances, thank god - i never got injured that way when hiking.

Once I went mountain-hiking in Khibin mountains (Kola peninsula) 2 weeks after I had what Hawklore described... After first serious daily march we had one of the leaders damaging his foot when jumping across a river on stones... As "almost-injured" I had to stay with him in a tent for a week, he was unable to even touch an injured foot... There were three of us, with a schoolgirl who had heart problems, and I was the only one to do everything, like preparing firewood, cooking and other things. Can you imagine how that guy with an injured foot defecated?...

We had 1L plastic bottle of 96% wine spirit, and we finished it in first two days. After that my only entertainmet was to try finding dry wood in Polar birch-tree bush and then trying to boil some water for soup in the wind, trying to make something like a fireplace out of stones (there were plenty of them) when it wasn't raining... A great experience of meditation. When we evacuated that guy to the railway station and to Murmansk, he had his foot x-rayed and local doctor didn't find anything. Only back in Moscow he found out that he broke an instep bone...

BTW, I have heard that in the West you don't use iodine any more, is it true? Painting a iodine grid on a swollen foot really helps, at least it's not worse then some new-fangled ointments that I tried.