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I sprained my ankle and the pain has gotten even worse?

I fell down some stairs and sprained my ankle earlier. This is something I do quite regularly as I am naturally clumsy. My ankle looks like a golf ball and I'm almost on the verge to go putting. Anyhow, I took a bath (as it hurt too much to stand in the shower) in which my ankle was fine, just the usual pain. When I got out, the pain increased instantly, much more than when I initially had fallen, and it's even hurting my lower leg. Any reason why it would just do that?

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  • 1 decade ago

    If you just sprained your ankle today the hot water may have been the wrong thing. Usually one puts ice on a sprain or injury the first 24 to 48 hours then heat. Are you elevating it? Did you take any pain med, like Tylenol or Advil? Maybe you did more than sprain it this time. Try doing the above suggestions and if it doesn't fell better after a couple hours maybe you should call your MD or go to the ER.

  • Karen
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    I badly sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago. I was in a hurry going down the stairs, lost my balance and landed on a bad side of my left foot, causing my left ankle to be stretched going on the inside. The first 48 hours were excruciating and the pain was un-believable. I've never had a serious ankle injury before.

    So I immediately treated it using the RICE method. The following day, the bruising and swelling were so horrible. I found out that I got a second degree sprain and immediately panicked after that. I had a football game on that week and it been looking forward to it because I've been training for rt. I had teammates that had similar injuries and it took them months to fully recover, some of them stopped playing altogether. So I kinda had a short-term depression because I can't imagine myself not being able to run and play sports anymore.

    Because I was so desperate to recover again, I contacted a lot of people that I know who do sports and asked them if they had similar injuries. One friend of mine, from the boy's football team in my university, told me about H.E.M. Ankle Rehab. I got a copy 4 days after I got injured. I immediately read and followed what was instructed and felt improvement on the first day. I was able to walk a bit, but I was in pain.

    A couple of days after that, the swelling and bruising were subsid-ing significantly and on the fourth day, I was walking comfortably again. Although I've had felt a bit of stiffness, I continued doing what was instructed. My sister was surprised that I have recovered this fast. I told her about this book and was shocked on how effective the procedures were. I'm just so happy that this book was shared to me and how effective it is.

    Heal your ankle fully & fast?

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    you need to Ice your feet around painful ares and advertising, rub down your feet oftentimes. develop your feet each and every time resting or sound asleep. Take Ibuprofen drugs for soreness relief

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