Can you walk on a broken ankle?
IL Ruffino
24-01-2009, 01:13
Fucked up my ankle almost two weeks ago, the epic pain I had went away by lunch the day after it happened, but it's been sore at times, and the swelling never went down.
I'm finally home, so I'll be going to the doctor tomorrow, but I thought I'd make a thread on here about it for shits and giggles.
Ever broke any bones?
Not that I know of, but I hear people regularly break bones in their feet and never notice.
Dododecapod
24-01-2009, 01:16
No, you can't walk on a broken ankle. The worst you could have is a sprain.
Never busted any bones - but not for trying. Managed to destroy most of the cartilege in one knee, though.
German Nightmare
24-01-2009, 01:29
I had my zygomatic bone broken once, but I didn't break it.
Other than that, no. *knocks on wood*
And unless you're a zombie, I doubt that you could walk on a broken ankle. It'd be painful, painful!
Smunkeeville
24-01-2009, 01:33
According to my husband and WebMd you can't walk on a broken ankle, according to an x-ray and my doctor, I did.......however, it was fractured and I ended up just needing a walking cast.......but still, it wasn't "just a sprain".
According to my husband and WebMd you can't walk on a broken ankle, according to an x-ray and my doctor, I did.......however, it was fractured and I ended up just needing a walking cast.......but still, it wasn't "just a sprain".
Smunkee>normal humans.
German Nightmare
24-01-2009, 01:37
According to my husband and WebMd you can't walk on a broken ankle, according to an x-ray and my doctor, I did.......however, it was fractured and I ended up just needing a walking cast.......but still, it wasn't "just a sprain".
I thought you were gonna share the other broken bone story. :p
Pepe Dominguez
24-01-2009, 01:37
I've had fractures before. Ribs and toes at various times. I didn't see a doctor for any of that, though, so I can't be completely certain.
Skallvia
24-01-2009, 01:38
I smashed the fuck outta My heel...
My friends shouted for me to "Tuck and Roll" and jump out of the car...i opened the door, intending to just stumble out about 5mph or so, but i seriously misjudged it and came out at about 20 or 30mph...scratched up alot, but, I only broke the heel on my right foot...but, it wasnt like a traditional broken bone, Idk if you can even do that to a heel, but, it did chip a bit of it off...
Fully healed up nowadays though, only noticeable sign is a rather deep scar...
Katganistan
24-01-2009, 01:40
Why were you jumping out of a perfectly good car?
One-O-One
24-01-2009, 01:43
I dunno, I broke my wrist when I was 8 and wouldn't stop crying, so my dad finally took me into the Emergency Department at 2 in the morning, 8 hours after it happened.
I also tried to flip off a swing once, and ended up breaking my right hand. It didn't really hurt after the intial shock, and I didn't get it checked out until after school the next day, because my teacher was worried.
Pure Metal
24-01-2009, 01:43
Ever broke any bones?
broke my arm bretty bad in a car crash a few years back. my dad almost lost his legs then. my mum came away with just a bruised finger, lol
Pirated Corsairs
24-01-2009, 01:45
I've never broken any bones.
Smunkeeville
24-01-2009, 01:46
I thought you were gonna share the other broken bone story. :p
I've already told it on here millions of times. Also, JuNii knows what really happened.
Skallvia
24-01-2009, 01:46
Why were you jumping out of a perfectly good car?
It was pretty good...I was actually in the Passenger seat, It was one of my friends drivin, lol...
It was actually pretty funny when he got out, he's all "OMG I cant believe you actually did it, We didnt think youd really do it, Are you Okay!@?"....Im just like, "yeah, Im fine, but your car's on my foot"...He freaked, lol...
I got up and walked back in, I actually couldnt feel anything, Wasnt until I got inside and turned the lights on that I realized I trailed a buttload of blood across the floor, then It began to hurt like hell...
EDIT: And, BTW, i wasnt able to really walk on it, but, I couldnt stand the Crutches it just was annoying as hell to walk with them, So I just kinda hobbled on the front of my foot, and just didnt use the heel, lol...
Katganistan
24-01-2009, 01:49
Dude... we'd like ya to stay around a bit longer -- no more jumping out of moving vehicles, 'kay?
Lunatic Goofballs
24-01-2009, 01:53
It's probably ankle cancer. I recommend chemotherapy. *nod*
Skallvia
24-01-2009, 01:55
Dude... we'd like ya to stay around a bit longer -- no more jumping out of moving vehicles, 'kay?
lol, dont worry, we all learned our lesson about that, It was back in High School and we were really into car surfing...A little later one of the guys in the car at the time, stood on the back of another car, unbeknownst to the driver, and when she backed up...
He came right off, face first, messed up the front line of his teeth....that was effectively the end of our Car Surfing days...
It's probably ankle cancer. I recommend chemotherapy. *nod*
It's not a tumor!
Carrick Anam
24-01-2009, 02:59
I have sprained ankles several times because mine aren't formed right and can pop out of place at random times causing falls and sprains. Broke em twice too and I did walk on em mainly because I hated the crutches and trying to navigate stairs with them, it was easier to take the steps with my bad ankle although it hurt like heck. so you CAN walk on a break but I wouldn't advise it.
Dumb Ideologies
24-01-2009, 03:01
Broken bones? No, certainly not. I have always had an exceedingly overdeveloped sense of and aversion to danger.
Well, you CAN walk with a broken ankle, the really important question is if you enjoy physical pain or not, also doing it is not good for your leg.
Can you walk on a broken ankle?If it's not my own. But I'd consider it bad taste.
Rambhutan
24-01-2009, 13:02
It's probably lupus
IL Ruffino
08-02-2009, 03:05
It's not lupus.
>.>
If you're Jack Bauer, not only can you walk on your broken ankle, you can walk on everyone else's broken ankles too.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 04:04
Ever broke any bones?Yes, oh yes.
Hey, you sending me your email anytime soon?
Galloism
08-02-2009, 04:06
I broke two ribs falling off the roof of a building one time.
That's about it.
Boonytopia
08-02-2009, 04:12
I dunno, I broke my wrist when I was 8 and wouldn't stop crying, so my dad finally took me into the Emergency Department at 2 in the morning, 8 hours after it happened.
I had a similar experience. When I was 12 I fell off my bike, it was about 10am. My dad, who was a doctor, thought I'd sprained my wrist. Finally at about 9pm, after my mum told him a few times that she didn't think I would have kept complaining about the pain if it was only a sprain, he took me to get it x-rayed. Turned out it was broken & I had it in plaster for 4-6 weeks.
I smashed a finger & thumb, which required surgery and a full hand & wrist cast for 6 weeks.
I've also broken fingers a couple of times.
I think you could walk on a broken ankle, if it wasn't too badly broken. It would be very painful though.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
08-02-2009, 04:15
It's not lupus.
>.>
Are you sure?
Straughn
08-02-2009, 04:16
It's probably ankle cancer. I recommend chemotherapy. *nod*
More like ankle syphilis. I recommend amputation.
Straughn
08-02-2009, 04:18
Are you sure?Nah, not that, that's not how you do it at all. You have to have some other completely unrelated sequence and series of circumstances that puts the analogy on, and then you'll suddenly figure out just exactly why you or they're sure it's not lupus.
*tsk*
Whereyouthinkyougoing
08-02-2009, 04:21
Nah, not that, that's not how you do it at all. You have to have some other completely unrelated sequence and series of circumstances that puts the analogy on, and then you'll suddenly figure out just exactly why you or they're sure it's not lupus.
*tsk*
It's 4:20 am (heh), I'm tired and I have no idea what you just said. I just wanted to post here. Leave me alone. *pushes away*
Straughn
08-02-2009, 04:31
It's 4:20 am (heh), I'm tired and I have no idea what you just said. I just wanted to post here. Leave me alone. *pushes away*
This is strongly remniscient of several other trysts we've had.
http://www.websmileys.com/sm/evil/105.gif
South Lorenya
08-02-2009, 05:31
While I never broke any bones, I once came very close. You see, I sometimes played tetherball at summer camp, and one time I mtried to hit the ball, but misjudged it and only my pinky made contact. It wasn't broken, but it swelled up like a puffer fish at the RNC. It took a good THREE YEARS or so before my pinkies were the same thickness.
New Manvir
08-02-2009, 06:43
Never broken my ankle, sprained it pretty bad a couple of times.
IL Ruffino
08-02-2009, 07:11
I broke two ribs falling off the roof of a building one time.
That's about it.
Last name + "photography" (no space) + @gmail.com
IL Ruffino
08-02-2009, 07:12
Are you sure?
Yes.
<.<
Straughn
08-02-2009, 07:28
Last name + "photography" (no space) + @gmail.com
Odd reply there, but thank you, good sir.
*bows*
Yootopia
08-02-2009, 07:55
You can hop on a broken ankle. Try it, man.
Maineiacs
08-02-2009, 09:04
My ankle's just fine, but I still can't walk on it.
Sorry. Dumb joke, but I had to.:D
I broke my leg when I was less than a year old; the story involves learning to walk, and a Big Wheel. Needless to say, there are plenty of amusing pictures of me crawling around with a big cast on my leg. I also broke my thumb several years back in a ski trip gone horribly wrong.
If you're Jack Bauer, not only can you walk on your broken ankle, you can walk on everyone else's broken ankles too.
Bauer's a wuss. I think you mean Chuck Norris.
Anti-Social Darwinism
08-02-2009, 09:26
No, you can't walk on a broken ankle. The worst you could have is a sprain.
Never busted any bones - but not for trying. Managed to destroy most of the cartilege in one knee, though.
The irony is that a sprain takes longer to heel than a break.
Pschycotic Pschycos
08-02-2009, 10:02
Yeah, depending on how it's been broken, you could definitely walk on it.
Busted up mine playing football. Coach knew something happened to it, my parents told me to walk it off. So i did. Then it didn't get better :P
Left wrist, Right Ankle. Different times, I walked as far as the 20 feet to my front door after breaking the ankle, and that was 20 feet farther than I wish I would have walked.