Forums >Health and Nutrition>"twisted" Ankle pain
Just wanted some opinions on this, a few weeks ago I was jumping off a large boulder onto the ground covered in leaves, which were covering a tree root. I landed on the tree root causing me to "twist" my ankle. It hurt pretty bad for 1 minute, but then I kept it completely still and luckily it felt a lot better and I was able to finish the remaining 2 miles of my hike, which included a lot of climbing as well.
That was three weeks ago, and my ankle feels fine to walk and run on, but when I bend my foot/ankle a certain way, the big ball area on the right side of my right foot definitely has some residual pain from the incident. Usually a minor injury, such as this one, will heal within a week, but its coming on 4 weeks and there is still some pain.
My question to everyone is; Should I stay off the ankle until there is no pain at all?
I have races in may and june and would love to start getting into a training regiment, but not if it will make my ankle worse..
I know it is hard to answer my question with such little info, but any suggestions?? I've never had a problem like this.
Thank you everyone and peace and love to you all!
Remember to respect everyone, and that acting "superior" to others will not help you be happy!
-Ryan : )
If it were me, I would run through it but probably stay off of the trails and uneven terrain for a while. If running seems to make it worse, then take some time off.
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Just wanted some opinions on this, a few weeks ago I was jumping off a large boulder onto the ground covered in leaves, which were covering a tree root. I landed on the tree root causing me to "twist" my ankle. It hurt pretty bad for 1 minute, but then I kept it completely still and luckily it felt a lot better and I was able to finish the remaining 2 miles of my hike, which included a lot of climbing as well. That was three weeks ago, and my ankle feels fine to walk and run on, but when I bend my foot/ankle a certain way, the big ball area on the right side of my right foot definitely has some residual pain from the incident. Usually a minor injury, such as this one, will heal within a week, but its coming on 4 weeks and there is still some pain. My question to everyone is; Should I stay off the ankle until there is no pain at all? I have races in may and june and would love to start getting into a training regiment, but not if it will make my ankle worse.. I know it is hard to answer my question with such little info, but any suggestions?? I've never had a problem like this. Thank you everyone and peace and love to you all! Remember to respect everyone, and that acting "superior" to others will not help you be happy! -Ryan : )
I'm a veteran of many-many sprained ankles and have also managed to break both ankles once as well; it sounds like you have a bad ankle sprain. Assuming you do in fact have a bad sprain, healing can take six to eight weeks depending upon how bad the sprain is and how old you are (I don't know about you, but I don't heal anywhere near as fast now that I'm in my late 50s compared to 30-40 years ago).
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Sounds like maybe a grade 1 sprain. I'd avoid running off-road for another week or two, perhaps.
Several years ago I suffered a grade 2 sprain early in a trail relay and finished out my legs…running nearly 10 miles after the initial sprain. It took a solid 2 years before I could really say that the injured ankle was essentially back to pre-injury condition. But I pretty much did everything wrong in those first 48 hours, too.
The kinder you are early-on really does seem to play a huge role in the overall healing time. Perhaps look into some range-of-motion PT exercises to do for a few weeks to help things gently heal.
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not bad for mile 25
Keep moving as you ankle allows. I don't believe in immobilizing an injury of this sort, but you have to listen to your body. Run if it doesn't make it worse; ease up if it does.
Hey, thanks for everyone's replies!
I'm 22 by the way, someone had asked.
I will probably not run for the next few days, see how it feels, and start out on some short runs/jogs
I have a 60k in June so I really want to start training hard!! But I should probably take it easy..
Darn hidden tree roots!!
Thanks again everyone.
2008
I have this pain on the right side of my right foot for several months. It hurt a little to run and it hurt a little to walk. I finally got physical therapy that it has felt better. They had me stop running but I use the elliptical trainer real hard. I do a bunch of exercises too for pt. While it hurt I got ready for and ran a marathon and half marathon. I'm also recovering from cancer. That is why I was so driven to run because I didn't know when I would have to have surgery again.
I ran one of my best races when I couldn't play soccer because of ankle pain - I took the next summer off soccer as well.
My ankle had swelled up like a softball on the inside, I could play but one shot attempt or tackle with that foot and I was off for a week again. Like an idiot, I kept playing for a month. When I finally gave up, I put in the best month / month and a half of training I'd done to that point and ran a 2½ min PB for the ½ marathon (PB had been same race the year before).
Point is, I don't find running hard on the ankle at all. Both soccer and curling were rougher on it.