Re: Ankle Sprain...

"runsrealfast" <runsrealfast@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Mar 21, 9:18 am, "userfriendly" <youserfrien...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > Last night, around 5 PM-
: >
: > It was supposed to be a blast- a new trail with hardly any hills. I'd
found
: > it mountain biking (just starting to mountain bike, something new for
me).
: > So I drove to the area, biked the one mile mostly downhill on the
street to
: > the trailhead, then locked up the bike and began to run.
: >
: > I was only 2 and 1/2 minutes into the run, going fast because I'd
already
: > warmed up on the bike. I heard some rustling ahead and looked up to
make
: > sure I didn't need to get out of the way of a cyclist. Suddenly, my
foot
: > angled sharply inward and I felt a blinding pain. It took me 2 more
steps
: > to come to a stop- both incredibly painful.
: >
: > Once stopped, balancing on my good foot, I steadied myself against a
tree
: > and fought the nausea borne out of pain, almost throwing up. Then I got
: > dizzy and thought I'd pass out. I'm 43 yrs old and that has to have
been
: > the worst pain I've ever experienced.
: >
: > Unfortunately, I had a little less than a quarter mile to go to get to
the
: > bike, then a mile uphill on the bike, then a 20 minute drive home.
Hobbling
: > on the foot, using a stick for stability, sure didn't help. Trying to
: > peddle uphill was tough. Driving- not fun.
: >
: > So~ now I'm out for a period of time. I'm not sure how much, but the
ankle
: > swelled immediately and I still can't put much direct weight on it.
: >
: > I've checked webpages about ankle sprains and don't think a Doc will
help at
: > this point, though I am icing and elevating as much as I can. This
sucks!
: >
: > - Brian
:
: I cringed reading that. Back in my High School days I had an ankle
: sprain that had the same pain you are describing, only I got mine
: playing basketball. 10 years later I did it again playing pickup ball.
: I learned that I have to be careful. I bought a brace to play in for
: the next year. I don't wear it anymore, but its in my bag just in
: case.
:
: back to my ankle. Unlike you I actually saw a doctor. He was a family
: friend, buddy of my dads. He said that I had possible partially
: ruptured a tendon on the outside of the ankle although he couldn't be
: 100% sure without some tests (which we didn't do). What I did was just
: did ice rubs on that spot for about 3 days, did some swimming to keep
: my fitness and stayed off it as much as possible. on the 4th day I had
: baseball practice. I took batting practice and then thought I would be
: done for the day, but found myself out in center field shagging fly
: balls while others batted. I was amazed that once it warmed up it
: didn't hurt that much. By day 10 I was back on the basketball court
: and playing shortstop for my Pony Baseball team.
:
: Maybe it wasn't as bad as yours or maybe it was because I was so young
: and I could heal fast, but I would think you could get back out doing
: something in a fairly timely fashion.
:
: John

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Because I'm 43, I'm going to be fairly
conservative at this point. If I have significant pain on Friday, I'll see
the doc and go from there. Like most of us would, I just want to get back
to running as soon as it is safe to do so.


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