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back in my early 20's, I had a very bad ankle sprain - and tore 4 ligaments...
This was before air splints (early 70's)... all they gave me was a partial cast (plaster 'band' under my foot, and up my heel past my ankle - the whole thing kept together with ace bandages...)
The doctor told me to 'keep my weight off of it' and inspected the cast every few days to make sure I hadn't put any weight on it...I lived on the fourth floor of the barracks and had to hop up and down stairs on one foot several times a day...
It was a long time before I trusted that foot, but once that blamed cast came off, I never even thought of putting it back on...
I thought it never heal...
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ImaSoonergal said...
Yep, tore mine up pretty bad right after Christmas. I, however, vowed it would not interfere with my trip to the Fiesta Bowl and ditched the crutches early. Although I kept the air cast on and used a cane, I did too much too soon and it still isn't right - Doc said it might never be. I've started wearing a compression brace/wrap if I know I'm going to be on my feet a lot.
This post was edited by rabidsooner on 7/24/2011 at 10:53 AM
ankle injury...