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Originally posted by Fugee
How long does it take for a sprained ankle to fully recover?
Back in May, I slipped on something on the floor at the grocery store and fell. My right ankle and knee hurt pretty bad so I went home and elevated & iced them. The next day they were still sore but hadn't swelled up.
After a couple days the knee didn't hurt anymore but the ankle was still achy. It got so it only ached when I was particularly active. In retrospect, I should have gone to the doctor but after I picked up a nasty antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria at the ER last summer, I like to avoid doctors.
I spent a long day Sat. on my feet and it started aching again. I really thought it should be healed by now.
Questions: Does it make any sense to go to a doctor now or is it too late to do any good? Is there something I can do to strengthen my ankle so it gets better?
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Ankle injuries suck. And they take much longer as you get older to heal. (Although, the one weird thing about them is that they heal faster after the first bad sprain, but that in neither here nor there.)
It's weird that it didn't swell, but that may be the timely application of ice and elevation. You may have stretched a ligament or something, which can take ages to heal. Go to the doctor and have him look at it. You may have just never let it heal properly and you're probably re-injuring it every day. Pain over a long period of time = There is something wrong.
TM
