hi
my ankles has always been rubbish. one of the reasons why i preferred ski over some other sports.
luckily the left one seems to be less rubbish but the right one got sprained many times and i also fractured it in the past. the break was a minor one and never required surgery, just cast and crutches.
cartilage is ok, also damage to the ligaments is not too bad and all the specialists i saw told me reconstruction is not an option at the moment, just keep doing exercises.
it recently sprained again and never fully recovered, but now i re-injured it over the previous sprain.
symptoms are strange, different from when it fractured because are not located on broken bones. also when i rest it feels numb but not particularly painful, it only hurts when i try to move it or put weight. i saw my doctor who applied a plaster splint with ace bandages and plaster and referred to the ankle specialist to further investigate.
specialist told to keep immobilized and 100% non weight till the visit but will take a pair of weeks.
now the scan shows damage to the ligaments but apparently no complete tear, hope to have mri when go for the visit. on one side hope to finally have the reconstruction surgery couse it feels definitely non functional and unstable now. don't know if they usually prefer to perform it immediately or better wait to recover from the last injury?
i do wonder if it would be beneficial to take this splint off once the swelling reduces. at moment it feels ok but quite heavy.
my ankles has always been rubbish. one of the reasons why i preferred ski over some other sports.
luckily the left one seems to be less rubbish but the right one got sprained many times and i also fractured it in the past. the break was a minor one and never required surgery, just cast and crutches.
cartilage is ok, also damage to the ligaments is not too bad and all the specialists i saw told me reconstruction is not an option at the moment, just keep doing exercises.
it recently sprained again and never fully recovered, but now i re-injured it over the previous sprain.
symptoms are strange, different from when it fractured because are not located on broken bones. also when i rest it feels numb but not particularly painful, it only hurts when i try to move it or put weight. i saw my doctor who applied a plaster splint with ace bandages and plaster and referred to the ankle specialist to further investigate.
specialist told to keep immobilized and 100% non weight till the visit but will take a pair of weeks.
now the scan shows damage to the ligaments but apparently no complete tear, hope to have mri when go for the visit. on one side hope to finally have the reconstruction surgery couse it feels definitely non functional and unstable now. don't know if they usually prefer to perform it immediately or better wait to recover from the last injury?
i do wonder if it would be beneficial to take this splint off once the swelling reduces. at moment it feels ok but quite heavy.