Iād say I was in and out in 2 hours
Mighty stuff. Clonaslee must not have been playing.
Letās just state the obvious. We Irish are a bunch of muldoon rednecks, whether we are from D4 or Achill Island. The Celtic Tiger years didnāt do much for us! Dirty holes. Guinness farts. Unmade beds.
Anyone here ever have a very bad sprained ankle? I did mine 5 weeks ago and knew from the bruising that it was a bad one but 5 weeks later Iām still limping a bit and canāt walk for more than 5 or 10 minutes before it gets fairly sore and my calf gets very sore. Iād say itās possibly a grade 3 sprain which the Internet tells me is a 6 to 12 week recovery time which is a big range. Is there any point in me getting it scanned this long after the sprain happened?
A grade 3 sprain means torn ligaments. Get it scanned. Take the medical advice they offer.
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Iām guessing youāre a big lump of a fella? So you have been waddling around on a badly swollen ankle for over a month rather than using crutches? Be another month of crutches ahead of you now
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How long should I expect to be waiting for a scan? Going on holibobs in 10 days.
Donāt waste your time for a sprainā¦ unless you suspect you did more.
The key to a sprain is gentle movement all the time. So when youāre sitting be doing gentle circle movements. At home when watching tv, draw the letters of the alphabet with your big toe, do small letters then big. You donāt want ligaments getting stiff.
Look up proprioception.
When at home do short walks from one room to the other on your tippy toes.
Balance on one footā¦ Introduce movement like when brushing your teeth or throw a ball off a wall and catch it.
Hop a yard on one foot and land dead on it, no falling to the sideā¦
You basically need to retrain the signal to your brain that youāre on solid groundā¦
But buil up to the second part. Get the gentle moving going and the walking on tippy toes, this really strengthens ankle and calf Regionā¦ Youāve probably been resting it like a steamer
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Do you have health insurance. Could you present at VHI clinic
Yeah I have decent Vhi cover. Could I just rock up with no appointment?
Call them. Say youāll be in in the morning.
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Iāve been following the RICE recommendation so have been resting and iceing alright. Iāll try those little gay exercises you posted and see if thereās any improvement and if not Iāll ring Vhi next week.
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Go to a decent physio first, and you may need a scan after. About two years ago I badly sprained my ankle, it didnāt come right and I eventually had to get surgery on it. You can fuck up ligaments pretty badly in a sprain it turns out.
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Send kev a tweet
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Yes. Tfkās record holding dormant poster broke his ankle mid july in an alanis morissette style ironic manner. Heās still hobbling round on it in pain 7 weeks later refusing to go back to the fracture clinicā¦
Iāve no faith in Physios having had nothing but bad experiences with them. Iām sure thereās some good ones out there but Iāve found them to be a waste of time and money.
Ah itās definitely not broken (I think) but itās the pain in my calf is giving me a bit of concern. Iāll go for a scan next week if no improvement.
Youād rather canvass for a cure on TFK 
RICE is the worst thing you can do. Dont mind the gimps hereā¦ You need to get movement into ligaments asap after damage, depending on the severity of course.
Blood flow is what healsā¦ Movement and heat allow blood flow. RICE slows it down and stiffens everything up.
Bate on the deep heat kid and spell STEAMER over and over with your big toe.
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Would a Physio have given me exercises to do ot pointed me towards getting a scan done in the VHI clinic or to tweet Kev? All for free?
I donāt fucking think so.