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sprain ankle
ok to make a long story short i sprain a joint (i guess is basically my ankle if it is tell me in yur answer) and the doctor put me on crutches and an aircast its doesnt hurt that bad to walk on it but im supposed to stay off it for a week (i get off this comming up wednesday) ive been walkin on it with the cast but not the crutches and everyone is telling me thats bad will it make it worst or what
p.s. if it helps on a scale of 1 to 10 of pain its like a 3 1/2
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a sprain is a stretched or twisted ligament the reason a doctor gave you a cast and crutches is to act as a support whilst the ligament heals the best thing to do is walk on it for a breif period of time and then keep off it to let it rest this will aid the ehaling procces and make it go quicker but if you keep putting pressure on it your body will replace the proper ligament tissue with scar tissue this tissue is not as strong as normal asnd will make ur ligament less useful
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Well, obviously it has to be something seriousish for your doctor to give you a cast and cruthes. You should ask your doctor if it is sprained or what hapened to it because it's impossible to tell by you asking a question.
Another thing, please use your cruthes. They are there for a reason. They make sure that no pressure is put on your ankle and not wearing them could do further damage to it. (I knew a friend who did that, only with her knee. She didn't wear cruthes the next day and then the next week she hurt it again because it could not proparly heal.) So please, don't do further damage to your body. I know you want it to get better and the only way that will work is by you giving the ankle the best environment for it to heal (cast and crutches). So those people that are telling you it's bad are actually right. Don't be annoyed by them, listen to what they are saying.
Oh and the pain is still pain even if it is minimal. It won't get better and might even get more painful if you don't cooperate.
best of luck :)
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