Hi, I am a 15 year old female, and a few
days ago, I injured my left ankle/foot in
one of my dance concerts. After I hurt it
in my first dance, I knew it was hurting
and got ice on it and put it up but kept
dancing on it because I thought it was
nothing. I figured it was probably
nothing because I had sprained it dancing
in the winter, but thought it had quickly
healed. I had my dad look at it, who used
to be a police officer, and he said he
thought it might be a pull of my Achilles
Tendon. He had also suggested maybe it had
teared, but no longer believes that,
though when I looked up the symptoms of
both, I had a lot more of the symptoms of
the tear. The following are my symptoms:
1. sometimes swollen, sometimes not
swollen ankle around both ankle bones
2. pain shooting through all around ankle,
through foot, and through upper leg
sometimes, often though
3. places in foot and ankle that feel
bruised, but there is nothing there
4. sometimes I can walk on it, sometimes I
cant
5. colors of purple, yellow, blue, and
green when there is no ice on it
And this is what I am doing for it:
1. On crutches
2. icing it every once in a while
3. keeping it wrapped in an ace bandage
4. putting it up when I can
I would just really like to know what
happened to my ankle/foot. I am not sure
if it is a sprain, or Achilles tear, or
Achilles pull, but we do not have time to
go to the doctor, so I would like to know,
so I know what to do with it.
