Aww Geez How can i tell if i've broken my ankle???!
Question: About 6 days ago i fell off a bus and rolled my ankle on a slippery curb. I sat down for a couple minutes like trying not to scream since i was at a hotel but after a few minutes with some help i limped to the elevator and was taken to my room it hurt sooooo bad but i was on a youth retreat and didn't want to ruin it for anybody so i concealed my pain
the next day they made me walk all around Gatlinberg even though i was incredibly slow and had a serious limp but i'm a softball player so i know how to conceal pain when i got home in about 2 days there were bruises on the outside of my ankle that weren't there before now the pains getting worse and the swelling will not go down i only want to go to a docter if it's really broken
Answers: About 6 days ago i fell off a bus and rolled my ankle on a slippery curb. I sat down for a couple minutes like trying not to scream since i was at a hotel but after a few minutes with some help i limped to the elevator and was taken to my room it hurt sooooo bad but i was on a youth retreat and didn't want to ruin it for anybody so i concealed my pain
the next day they made me walk all around Gatlinberg even though i was incredibly slow and had a serious limp but i'm a softball player so i know how to conceal pain when i got home in about 2 days there were bruises on the outside of my ankle that weren't there before now the pains getting worse and the swelling will not go down i only want to go to a docter if it's really broken
You have a sprain. If it was broken, the bruising would have been much more pronounced much sooner and you could not walk on it. Go get an x-ray just to be sure but I guarantee you it's sprained. Wrap it up with an ace bandage and stay off of it for a couple weeks.
i'm so sorry. i don't know.
one time, my brother was like 'watch this!' and he started swinging a baseball bat around and he was about the chuck it, then he accidentally hit his ankle with it. not much fun. i swear that boy could hurt himself sitting in a lazyboy recliner. ;)
There's no way to tell if your ankle is broken without seeing a doctor. Plain and simple. It could be a bad sprain but if it is broken, you walking on it more can cause serious damage and you may not get the chance to play softball again. See a doctor.
It could be but an xray is the only way to tell. The deep bruising could show up with a severe sprain as well as a break. You should go to the doctor as they may cast it for the sprain. With a weak ankle you are more susceptible to a break.
I have broken and sprained my ankle a few times. Just call me accident prone! One time my ankle was black and blue and swollen like yours. The doctors x-rayed it and said that it was probably sprained. A few days later I asked them to check it out again. They said that when the swelling went down they could see that it was broken.
Sprains will hurt a lot more than breaks unless they are severely broken. Go to the Doctor. You will need help with it one way or another!
ask a doctor !! - if it was broken the bone has already started to knit back together by now, and it is likely in the wrong spot so if you don't see a doc your ankle may never be the same again - if it was broken, because you took too long to see a doc they will have to re-break it and set it properly
If it's getting worse instead of better you have reason for concern. See a doctor, being a softball player you don't want to mess your ankle up for life!