What's wrong with my Foot? Posted: 07-28-06 15:49pm
i hurt the back of my foot a few months
ago, it swelled and i couldn't do any
physical activities for over a month. The
day i hurt it, i was running in PE, i had
to limp on it because i couldn't walk on
it without pain shooting up the back of my
leg. I didn't pull a ligamente neither did
i hear the bone at the back of my foot
crack. Luckily it was the school holidays
in a few days so i got to rest it for a
week or so. I got out of P.E for a month
but had to return because i was missing
out on too much, my foot was still swelled
up. A week or two after returning to P.E,
i hurt it again and couldn't do any
sports. The next day i was walking to the
bus, with a friend, when i heard a slight
click and pain again shot up my leg, i
thought nothing of it. That night when
inspecting my foot i found a small swelled
and red lump which was tender but not too
bad. My parents made nothing of it so i
didn't either. Then another couple of days
passed and i inspected my foot again which
still hurt to walk on and was still a
little swelled and i found that the lump
had grown. It was a hard lump. It stopped
hurting after a few weeks. However i
couldn't run properly on it. Then i went
out for the day with a friend wearing flat
shoes, and that night after again
inspecting the hard lump, it almost felt
like gristle, however in a few hours it
had turned hard again, and hurt. What is
wrong with my foot?
It doesn't seem likely that there is
something broken in your foot, but this
must be verified with an X-ray image.
Instead, it seems likely that you may be
experiencing ligament extension
(distorzion). I recommend you visit an
orthopedist.
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