How painful is a sprained ankle suppose to be? Enough to cry?

[KittyKate44]

I've been lucky for the most part i've never broken a bone before nor sprained anything.
earlier tonight I went out to our mailbox well walking down the stairs to the porch I missed the last stair and rolled my ankle. long story short it hurt really bad I cried like a baby my son had to carry me into the house. i'm just sort of embarrassed i'm not usually a crier. my son says i may have broke my ankle and i should go to the ER... i think it's just a sprain. It does hurt pretty bad but only when I put weight on it.
So anyone sprain their ankle before? Did you cry?

[lifes_curve_ball]

It can be painful especially if you're stupid like me and think I can finish the game on it. I knew it wasn't broken cause I didn't hear it break and I could put weight etc on it and force myself to finish the game.

I say go get it checked out by your doctor for how bad a sprain or if there's a hairline fracture but I don't think you need to rush into er especially if you can put weight on it. When I sprained my ankle the first thing I did was see if I could put weight then see if I could shift and have enough mobility to ball while trying to bear the pain. Try to rest it, ice it from time to time but don't leave the ice on forever or have direct contact cause frostbite.

Hope you feel better soon.

[madhatters4]

a sprain can cause you to cry but typically a break will bring on the tears.

if you had a break you probably wouldn't be able to put weight on it without almost disabling pain. I think you just had a bad ankle sprain.

I've sprained my ankle, never cried but I do have a high tolerance for pain.

[candlewax]

There are 3 grades of sprained ankles. Grade 1 is a minor stretch with micro tears in the ligament, some swelling may occur and it does hurt. Grade 2 is some significant tearing and bruising may occur, and it hurts quite a bit. Grade 3 is a full tear and the swelling and bruising is usually considerable.

You should go to urgent care (not the ER) and have an xray done to rule out a fracture just to be safe. In the meantime, ice and elevate.

[candlewax]

And advil for the pain.

[douride2]

Yes it can hurt bad enough to cry but it really depends on how great of a pain tolerance you have. You should really get it checked out. I twisted my ankle once thought it was just a sprain ended up with a steel plate in there to hold it together.

[beastman88]

i sprained my wrist when i was 5, i cried a river lol. also sprained my back and my ankle i didn't cry but it hurt quite a bit. and yeah go talk to a doctor about that ankle. youd know if you broke it especially if you can't weight bare on it

[adhie]

well i didn't, maybe it because i'm male, so i can hold how painful it is.
just make sure to check up your ankle, you didn't want something bad happen to your ankle right?

[Melan8]

You must always check. I have worked as a nurse in a ER for years. In my experience is more likely that a fracture make an adult person cry. It can happen also from a sprain if a person has a low pain threshold. So, I guess it's more likely that you have broken something (can be a ligament, very very painful) but in these cases you need to check.

by the way: in any case the way a person react to the pain is not an element that can permit any diagnosis!

[Averageusername]

I wasn't crying just had something In my eye thats all

[candlewax]

bwahahaha

[Anonymous]

They can be very painful. I had that happen once, but it didn't make me cry.