Has anyone had this experience?.....One day at practice I kicked a lot of butterfly with fins. After practice I had pain and swelling on the top side of my foot and ankle. It has bothered me now for 2 weeks. I've banned myself from fins, pulled some workouts, taken ibuprofen and it is still tender and has a slight "burning" feeling. If you have ever had this, please tell me what you did to make it better and how long it took to go away!
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I think you may have injured the tendons that are on top of your foot. Pulled, or slightly torn? Maybe a micro fracture of the bone?
Can you walk? Does it hut when you step on your foot, or only when you point?
Swelling is usually a sign of inflammation (body trying to heal the injury).
Take anti-inflammatory, as a therapy (follow the instructions on the bottle, for couple of weeks straight). This will help fight the inflammation (not just lessen the pain).
Use interchanging hot/cold compresses at least twice a day. This too helps the healing process. One promotes the circulation, the other one soothes the pain and inflammation a bit.
Don't freeze your skin!!! Cold is only meant to stay there for a short time. Don't put frosted stuff directly on skin, use a towel or similar as a buffer. Jacuzzi works pretty good for the heat.
Bring a cold compress to a Jacuzzi, and alternate hot cold for 5-10 minutes
Tendons take 2-3 times linger to heal, when compared to muscle and other tissue injured, because they inherently have a lot of blood circulation, so it's hard for the body to heal them up. So, if a wound takes about 2 weeks to heal, you may be looking at 4-6 weeks before it's completely healed up.
Keep your feet up in the air (little bit above the torso) every chance you get. That will help the circulation, which will help healing.
If your foot hurts a lot (you can't step on it), go see a doctor. Not being able to step on it would mean it's likely you have a little fracture.
If the swelling doesn't start going down even a little bit in couple of days, go see a doctor.
If this was me, even with knowing all of the above, I'm too chicken, I'd go see a doctor now, because there is also a chance of a small fracture, or a completely torn tendon, which may need more attention than just the above. I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Actually, seeing a doctor wouldn't be chicken, it's preventive maintenance.
I think you may have injured the tendons that are on top of your foot. Pulled, or slightly torn? Maybe a micro fracture of the bone?
Can you walk? Does it hut when you step on your foot, or only when you point?
Swelling is usually a sign of inflammation (body trying to heal the injury).
Take anti-inflammatory, as a therapy (follow the instructions on the bottle, for couple of weeks straight). This will help fight the inflammation (not just lessen the pain).
Use interchanging hot/cold compresses at least twice a day. This too helps the healing process. One promotes the circulation, the other one soothes the pain and inflammation a bit.
Don't freeze your skin!!! Cold is only meant to stay there for a short time. Don't put frosted stuff directly on skin, use a towel or similar as a buffer. Jacuzzi works pretty good for the heat.
Bring a cold compress to a Jacuzzi, and alternate hot cold for 5-10 minutes
Tendons take 2-3 times linger to heal, when compared to muscle and other tissue injured, because they inherently have a lot of blood circulation, so it's hard for the body to heal them up. So, if a wound takes about 2 weeks to heal, you may be looking at 4-6 weeks before it's completely healed up.
Keep your feet up in the air (little bit above the torso) every chance you get. That will help the circulation, which will help healing.
If your foot hurts a lot (you can't step on it), go see a doctor. Not being able to step on it would mean it's likely you have a little fracture.
If the swelling doesn't start going down even a little bit in couple of days, go see a doctor.
If this was me, even with knowing all of the above, I'm too chicken, I'd go see a doctor now, because there is also a chance of a small fracture, or a completely torn tendon, which may need more attention than just the above. I'd rather be safe than sorry.
Actually, seeing a doctor wouldn't be chicken, it's preventive maintenance.