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Ankle injury. Something is wrong.


Sent to Health Experts August 01, 2005 4:38 p.m.

I have a negative Mri and xray of my ankle. After 10 weeks I still have swelling and pain. I cannot bend my foot foward like my other foot. It is completely stiff. I have been to physical therapy and they just tell me it takes a long time to heal. I am unable to bend down at my knees because of the locking in my foot. What else could it be besides a sprained ankle?
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August 01, 2005 6:08 p.m. (1 hour and 29 minutes later)
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If your foot feels like it is 'locking' there may be some underlying problems with tendons and/or bones. Imaging studies are amazing, but they are not perfect.

Your therapist is correct in telling you that sprains take a long time to heal -- longer than breaks, actually. Still, you should be able to note some incremental progress along the way. If you are noting progress -- I advise you to be patient for a while longer. Ask your therapist for some sort of ballpark timeline for recovery. It will help your outlook to know that this will not go on forever.

Also, carefully review with your therapist what your limitations are at this point in your recovery. You don't need to be prolonging things by doing too much or doing the wrong things.

If, on the other hand, you are not seeing any progress -- I recommend that you seek another medical opinion.

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