4 days? Whys it taking yall so long?? Have I never really sprained my ankle or am I wolverine?
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lol, if we're talking about planting and cutting, or lifting weight planted on the ankle, etc, yeah, longer term is reasonable. But I've had a couple ankle sprains that kept me out of sports for multiple weeks and I never couldn't walk the next day with a wrap/brace. It usually just takes being aware of it and not being dumb.
- Only Been two bro,
- also, (referring to 4 days) whats this, a recovery period from a sprain for ants?!
Quick question and I mean no offence by this, but how old are you?
Not old
Mate 4 days should be enough then! Never took me over a week
Its only been 2 but itdoes feel better. Yesterday was fucking ~~rough~~ dark lol
Well get well soon mate.
If you’re under 40, two weeks. If you’re over 40, never. Get used to walking funny.
Well under 40 :) 🫱🫲
Depends how badly you injured yourself to begin with. But usually you can walk relatively fine after a week or two with some discomfort. Still need to take it easy, though. After about a month or two it'll be as if nothing happened. Unless you're over 40, in which case it'll never really heal properly.
1 or 2 months would be my guess
I will never take my ablebodiedness for granted again after this. Freaking sucks 😭
Did you invite this in ?
Huh?
Like did you stupidly cause it ?
No, just regular walking. I took a shortcut but it shouldnt have been objectively any unsafer
Sometimes, ankles just roll.
Huh i asked because you said you wouldn't take your body for granted but i guess i misinterepted it.
I mean like i never really had such a vivid appreciation for being ablebodied. I have to use a rolling tupperware container as a walker and hop one one foot just to take a whiz 😭 And im hella grateful i even contrived that together. I have an office chair but its hopelessly tucked away behind my desk
Maybe get a walking stick ? I think they are relatively cheaper and will pay off seeing as you would neet it for atleast a month .
There's a few factors here, how badly you sprained it, exactly what parts of your ankle are injured and how they're injured, your age, genetics, fitness level, diet, pain tolerance, how active you are, etc.
Some very minor sprains can pretty much just be walked off and you can continue life as usual with just some minor discomfort and no one but you would ever know you're injured. Other more sever sprains can take weeks or months, if it turns out that something is torn it may even require surgery.
Somehow, I've avoided significantly spraining my ankle, which is a small miracle for someone who hikes as much as I do, never had anything I couldn't just walk off and be back to 100% in a couple days, but I have sprained my knee pretty badly, and I was pretty much out of commission for a week hobbling around on crutches with my leg immobilized, then a few more weeks limping around with a cane, after that I was able to get around normally but I could tell that my knee wasn't quite right for probably about a year afterwards, and now even about a decade down the line, sometimes when the weather is just wrong and I've been using my knee in certain ways, I can still kind of feel echoes of that injury, not that it hurts i can just feel that its not quite the same as it was.
Depends on a lot of factors, but my partner (<30) sprained hers about a year and a half ago and still has pain and occasional trouble walking. It took her around a month to heal.
How old?
One month
Say it isnt so 😭 Sucks wahhhhh
2-3 hours, with some pain relievers.
natural recovery is very dependent on how active you were before the accident, how young you are and how often you do stretchings particularly on the ankle muscles.
also some placebo could help.
'tis but a flesh wound
-- black knight
Ya im pretty active in walking everywhere. I don't think it was too bad but obviously im not use to this kinda thing. Hopefully it grows back stronger haha. Im pretty young still
hope you get better and stronger from it, OP!