EC giddiness creates ankle problem...

[mushmouth]

I had to play Sunday so I took the bike to central park to look for little lines to ski. Decided to go down one of them on the bike and was sitting way back when I hit a drift and stopped dead. My left foot was off the bike, but my right foot was on the pedal and when I stopped I felt a sharp pain in the ankle (foot pushed back quickly). I was able to ride home without much pain, but today there's mucho pain (ankle, inside, under/below the bulgy knob of bone.), but there's hardly any swelling.
Any ideas what I've done to my uninsured ankle?

[gravitylover]

Well it sounds like you hurt it but I'm not an expert in these things :cool:

[Vinman]

prolly just a sprain. If you can bear weight on it and it is not tooo painful, give it a few days. After a few days if it is killing you still go get an x-ray.

in the mean time ice for the first 3 days. After that switch to heating with ice only after activity/after work/being up on your foot for a long time.

[mushmouth]

thanks, that's what i thought as well...i'll update in a few days.

[mushmouth]

3 month update:

I can walk and ride a bike no problem. Running causes pain on the "inner ankle bone"
I can't bend deeply on it either, the inside area closer to the achilles feels like it would pop if i bent the ankle further in deep knee bends.

I did learn the type of injury was a "forced dorsiflexion". I've read this can result in high ankle sprains which are a bit more serious with broken bone potential. I still don't have insurance and am beginning to get worried. Fuuuuuuuuck. What do x-ray's cost?