Bump on my leg after 3-4 weeks?!
Question: Bump on my leg after 3-4 weeks!?
A horse stepped on the back of my ankle a few weeks ago and it really banged up the front of my shin when I hit the edge of the stall!. The bruising has gone and the scrapes have closed up, but I still have a bump on the front of my shin!. It hurts once in a while if I hit it right!. I went to the doctor the day it happened and they x-rayed my ankle, which turned out to be negative for any fractures!. Is it normal for it to be swollen for this long!? Could it just be bruising in the bone that has not gone down yet!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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It could be deep bruising that is keeping it swollen!. sometimes injuries like that take a lot of time to heal!. You could put ice on the area and that will help and take something that helps with inflammation!. I am glad that you didn't break anything!. I am sure that the doctor told you to use ice and also keep it elevated above the heart!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Soft tissue injuries can be weird!.
I still have a big dent in my right shin from contact with my opponents leg while karate training 20 years ago!. And a lump and a dent in my left shin from falling up the stairs six months ago!.
Unless it gets worse in any way, i wouldn't worry about it!.
It is a constant reminder of how much that hurt though isn't it !!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I still have a big dent in my right shin from contact with my opponents leg while karate training 20 years ago!. And a lump and a dent in my left shin from falling up the stairs six months ago!.
Unless it gets worse in any way, i wouldn't worry about it!.
It is a constant reminder of how much that hurt though isn't it !!Www@Answer-Health@Com