Went to the ER Monday night, said it was just a sprain?

[Anonymous]

Okay so i was jumping rope and fell in a hole. I heard my ankle crack and couldnt walk on it immidiately. I got inside and took my shoe off and my ankle was already the size of a baseball. (Not even kidding. Dead serious) so i go to the ER, they told me it was just sprained. But with a possibility of a fracture that just hasn't shown up yet. Said no weight whatsoever for a week. With ice 20 minutes on, 20 off and ibuprofen every 3-4 hours. Well tonight at 4am i was woken up because my foot was too swollen for my brace. The bruising is ridiculous. My entore ankle on both sides, includong my toes, back of the foot, and sides are completely purple. I know sprains can be worse than a break but this is ridiculous. Should i seek professional help from an orthopedic or just continue what the ER told me

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So I went to the Orthopedic doctor today. I broke the outside bone right above my ankle as well as a severe sprain on both sides of my ankle and Achilles tendon is severely irritated... in a boot for 4-6 weeks, then a brace for 3-4 and then hopefully I'll be able to walk like a normal person again.

[Red_Arrow]

Call your regular doctor in the morning. Get his advice about what next. I had a similar thing happen and they said it was broken, put me in a cast and said keep off it completely. (It was not a walking cast) Going up stairs daily was a bitch. then is started swelling in the cast. Saw another doctor who said yeah, it was broken, but not where it mattered as far a support. they cut the cast off and I just had to not put weight on that foot.

[Iron_Man]

I broke my ankle 6 weeks ago I should be walking today after I see the Doc in a few hours from now. Your deal sounds bad you need an MRI but anything bad does show up right away in the x ray but maybe you can get lucky and it will be just a bad sprain

[RationalLioness]

If you feel like you want a second opinion, go ahead to the orthopedic. I was playing tag in the dark and hit some stone monument (and there was an audible crack), flipping head over heels and landing on my back. My ankle swelled up and I simply relieved pressure off of it. It went down in a week. It didn't hurt though.

So it could be a sprain, but maybe not.

[beautifulangel76]

Sorry about that. I sprained my wrist a while ago but I don't know when or how. I now have pain in both wrists and the doctors have only really gave me pain medicine.