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Sprained/Twisted Ankle
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Hey all,
My husband has managed to hurt his ankle at work today and we are in two minds about whether to go to the hospital or not.
He went down on uneven ground and twisted it... it swelled up at the ankle and hurt like hell but he continued to work for the day albeit in a lot of pain and just about putting weight on it.
Came home and rested it for a while and he now seems to be in more pain. I wonder whether this is just down to it siezing up a bit as it is rested. He currently has it elevated with frozen veggies on it.
Is it worth getting it checked out? Would prefer not to go to A&E if we can help it but will do if we think it is necessary.
Does anyone have experience of similar and did you bother going to hospital?
Thanks!
Splodgey
My husband has managed to hurt his ankle at work today and we are in two minds about whether to go to the hospital or not.
He went down on uneven ground and twisted it... it swelled up at the ankle and hurt like hell but he continued to work for the day albeit in a lot of pain and just about putting weight on it.
Came home and rested it for a while and he now seems to be in more pain. I wonder whether this is just down to it siezing up a bit as it is rested. He currently has it elevated with frozen veggies on it.
Is it worth getting it checked out? Would prefer not to go to A&E if we can help it but will do if we think it is necessary.
Does anyone have experience of similar and did you bother going to hospital?
Thanks!
Splodgey
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Obviously the standard advice is to get medical attention if you are worried. If you do go to A&E then crack of dawn can be a good time to go, rarely busy that time of day.
In the mean time elevate it for 15 mins at a time, and by elevate it means toes higher than his nose, sleep with it slightly up, on a pillow maybe and ice for 15 mins at a time.
Personally as he's been walking around on it all day, I'd do what I said above and if I was still concerned enough when the alarm goes off at 6 am tomorrow I'd take it to A&E/Walk in or whatever.
use ibuprofen, try a support bandage, and go to a walk in centre if its still a problem in 48 hours
Although it is extremely painful he is able to put weight on it which puts my mind at rest... I am off to get him a tubigrip/bandage later so he can strap it up for work tomorrow as nothing i can say will convince him to take the day off (self employed). Will continue to ice and elevate it and hopefully things will improve... no doubt it will hurt when he first gets up tomorrow but as long as he takes it easy he should be ok.
If it is still causing him a lot of problems tomorrow we can always get him to urgent care/a&e then.
Thanks again
Just two things, don't leave it strapped overnight. If it's really causing problems then good old elastic bandage is more supportive than tubi grip. The self sticking stuff is not bad, but unless you put a sock over it has a tendancy to not self stick too well after the first couple of applications.
Get him some ibuprofen if he can take it and you haven't got some, much better than paracetamol or aspirin for this kind of stuff as it also acts as an anti inflammatory.
Oh, and stick a pillow under his foot tonight.
Things were ok today, strapped it up and wore thick socks to work... he was able to put weight on but was still very painful. Bruising has now come out good and proper so hoping it will be on the mend soon enough.
Keeping him dosed up on ibuprofen so fingers crossed swelling will stay down and he will see improvements each day.
Thanks for all your advice
It could have been a coincidence, but it's definitely worth trying...