April 11th, 2006
Out of Commission For at Least Three Weeks
Well, as if my workout regimen needed to be setback any further now im out of doing any kind of training for at least three weeks with a severe ankle strain. Last night at my soccer game i was going for a loose ball and planted my foot for to cut back to the inside and when my ankle planted and i pushed off i heard a loud pop and next thing i felt was being on the ground. Imagine the sound you hear when you pop your knuckle and multiply that by 10 and thats about how loud the sound was, at least for me. The goalie about a dozen feet away said he thought he heard it too. The rest of the team said they heard me yell which i only hope wasnt like a little girl but i laid on the ground for at least 5 minutes or so. Every time i tried to get up i couldnt put any weght on the ankle which initially made me think i had broken it. After a while though i was able to move around on it and found that i could bend it and move but couldnt bear much weight on it at all.
I ended up spending the rest of the night with my foot up and iced then overnight with one of those icy hot patches on it. I was able to make it to an urgent care center this morning. The x-ray showed bone fragments but no breaks, which is good overall. The fragments shows that i either teared the ligament of popped it off the bone. Hence the doctor told me not to try any kind of sporting activities for at least three weeks. If i still cant put much weight on the ankle by two weeks he instructed me to talk to a sports medicine orthopedist to get things taken care of. So here’s hoping for the best and a quick recovery from this.
