i rolled my ankle last summer, then found out it was classified as a moderate/severe sprain... as most ankle sprains are mine was on the lateral side of my foot... my right foot. Ended up almost tearing my "anterior talo-fibular ligament" and doing some damage to my "calcaneo-fibular ligament"..... for those who do not know those terms they are two ligaments that hold the fibula and control dorsal flexion.... since then i have twisted it the same way numerous times playing basketball, and jogging... but always just walked it off and dealt with it.
anyways... tonight i was joggin on the treadmill and it just hit me... i was doing nothing different... my ankle rolled forward and to the side and i fell right on it... all my weight... luckily i caught myself because the treadmill was still going 7-8 mph.
it probably looked funny to everyone else, and it would have been if it didnt hurt so goddamn much... i just put ice on it and its not looking good... its about the size of an orange and its darkish red color... it hurts to put weight on it.
The doctors office is closed until monday, so i called and left a message saying i would be there when they opened.... ill stay off it until then.
im seriously worried about it because i have read so much in my sports medicine class about different sprains, and i know that the more you sprain a ligament, depending on the severity, it stretches out and you become more and more prone to it for the rest of your life.
just wondering if anyone has heard of a certain therapy that i could strengthen my ankles with... or perhaps a certain kind of wrap or footwear that i could use to prevent this occurance.
i HATE walking around campus on crutches but i guess im going to have to break them out again.
anyways... tonight i was joggin on the treadmill and it just hit me... i was doing nothing different... my ankle rolled forward and to the side and i fell right on it... all my weight... luckily i caught myself because the treadmill was still going 7-8 mph.
it probably looked funny to everyone else, and it would have been if it didnt hurt so goddamn much... i just put ice on it and its not looking good... its about the size of an orange and its darkish red color... it hurts to put weight on it.
The doctors office is closed until monday, so i called and left a message saying i would be there when they opened.... ill stay off it until then.
im seriously worried about it because i have read so much in my sports medicine class about different sprains, and i know that the more you sprain a ligament, depending on the severity, it stretches out and you become more and more prone to it for the rest of your life.
just wondering if anyone has heard of a certain therapy that i could strengthen my ankles with... or perhaps a certain kind of wrap or footwear that i could use to prevent this occurance.
i HATE walking around campus on crutches but i guess im going to have to break them out again.
