Hi folks. I wanted to see if anyone (especially the medical folks out there) had some thoughts on my situation, which is oddly similar to the other post about 10 weeks till Ironman and can't run...
I rolled my ankle at a race 5 1/2 weeks ago. Ankle swelled up huge, turned black and blue the next day. Nurse put me on crutches for a little while and gave me an aircast. I did some light cycling on my trainer for a while in a meager attempt to stay in shape, and it felt OK for the most part. I still can't run though or swim without pain. Last week I was finally able to run in the pool without pain. Swelling is still there so I finally got a referral to see an orthopedic earlier this week. He told me it is a "classic high ankle sprain."
He said it's normal for there to still be swelling this long after the trauma and that on average, they take about 3 months to heal. Has anyone else had a high ankle sprain? Does that timeframe seem right? For various reasons, I wasn't entirely confident in his advice (a different story though).
IM Florida is in 10 weeks and Mighty Montauk Half in 4 weeks. I'm trying desperately to find some way to magically heal myself so I can still compete... magic beans, unapproved experimental bionic ankles, the cream and the clear... I wanna race!! =(
Thanks in advance to anyone with advice!
Matt
I rolled my ankle at a race 5 1/2 weeks ago. Ankle swelled up huge, turned black and blue the next day. Nurse put me on crutches for a little while and gave me an aircast. I did some light cycling on my trainer for a while in a meager attempt to stay in shape, and it felt OK for the most part. I still can't run though or swim without pain. Last week I was finally able to run in the pool without pain. Swelling is still there so I finally got a referral to see an orthopedic earlier this week. He told me it is a "classic high ankle sprain."
He said it's normal for there to still be swelling this long after the trauma and that on average, they take about 3 months to heal. Has anyone else had a high ankle sprain? Does that timeframe seem right? For various reasons, I wasn't entirely confident in his advice (a different story though).
IM Florida is in 10 weeks and Mighty Montauk Half in 4 weeks. I'm trying desperately to find some way to magically heal myself so I can still compete... magic beans, unapproved experimental bionic ankles, the cream and the clear... I wanna race!! =(
Thanks in advance to anyone with advice!
Matt