Ankle Injuries

[BovinaSancta]

Hey, need a little help from my friends with feet knowledge. I'm eighteen, and I've had repeated ankle strains and sprains since I was about eleven. At that time, I ran track and cross country, and at one point nearly ruined my ankle -- many torn tendons/ligaments/muscles, I was confined to bed except for the toilet and bath, and couldn't stand at all for weeks. My ankle was very, very bruised and swollen. This has recurred a number of times, much more easily than the first time, which was a full twist, where the inner side of my foot pressed to the ground while my leg stayed nearly completely as it should, then the foot twisted towards the front in aforementioned ground-pressed position, before I fell. Diagnosed as quite a bit of muscle/ligament/tendon/other technical terms injury, and the doctors said I was lucky (and they were shocked) that I didn't fracture anything during this.

Of course, as I said, it's recurred a lot, not quite as severe, but it's taken a lot of damage. It's my right side, which is damaged as is -- aside from being extremely right-handed when it comes to writing (and personal things, I'm sure you understand ;]) I've learnt to rely on my left side to an extreme, since the right side is very damaged (I also have a seizure disorder affecting my right side, and have dislocated that knee, have chronic hip pain straying to that side, and of all things, experienced reproductive issues on that side as well... not in great shape over there).

But this time was... different.

I normally wear combat-style boots, which I started wearing more and more frequently after a recurrence of serious ankle injury, as a constant stabiliser. Never has a problem with it. But we got a heat wave where I'm from, and the boots were too hot. My husband and I went out, and we needed to cross the street to catch the public transit. I was wearing sneakers. My ankle dropped towards the ground while I was running, and I felt something like a "pop" sound, but... more rough, and more vibrating. I didn't have time to pause and see what sent the sensation, since I had to get across the street. Lots of adrenaline. My foot went, more or less, numb, and I felt little more than a soreness while we walked across a parking lot to get to the grocery, which is where the public bus stops. Sat down on the bench and took a look. Husband and I joked about how I should've worn boots, complained about weather (which was about 99 degrees with a heat index, humidity that could have been water for a village of [insert third-world-country US is trying to save]ers, etc) and the such. The "numb" feeling wore off slowly, and then I got the first pang of true pain. Not just whining soreness... the kind that rips the sound from your throat before it even makes it that far. I wanted to throw up, and my heart was racing, stereotypical pulse-in-the-ear, and everything was silent and spinning. It calmed down, but I still felt an overwhelming sense of nausea, and it still hurt so much that I couldn't even manage to cry.

I told my husband, in few words between gasps, that it hurt. BAD. He was confused -- it hadn't hurt that bad before. I was just as confused as he, maybe more, but I couldn't argue with the pain. I was going to wrap it before the bus came, but in my amazing ignorance, I had taken my ACE bandage out of my bag before we left, so I would have room for other things if we needed the space. Stupid. Anyhow... the difference here is this: No bruising. Every time I've had a sprain, I've had practically a sock of bruising, it was that bad. Now it hurts a hell of a lot more, and there's no bruising at all. What could it be? What gives a lot of pain, but doesn't bruise at all?

Thanks in advance.

[zoeken]

Hey
I know this is a little late and I hope that by now you have had it treated. I did almost the same thing, but my ankle just fell to the side as I was walking - i have a back problem that messes with my ankles. I ended up having a broken ankle. I have no brusing, just swelling and major pain. Again I hope that you have had this taken care of since this post. Good luck.