somethings just snapped, is this bad?

[escortcosworth12]

I assume it is.

Just sitting in the garden when one of my brothers told me i couldn't get the ball in the goal. I tried to prove him wrong. Turns out i cant, so i gave it another go, and just as i was about to kick the ball, my right foot bent 90 degrees to the right, and i felt something snap or come out of place in my ankle,and the worst possible pain ever, I can just about walk, but am in a lot of pain just sitting here.

Is it worth a trip to the hospital, or just leave it? Anybody got any ideas what it could be?

Thanks

EC12

[Steffan]

escortcosworth12 said:

I assume it is.

Just sitting in the garden when one of my brothers told me i couldn't get the ball in the goal. I tried to prove him wrong. Turns out i cant, so i gave it another go, and just as i was about to kick the ball, my right foot bent 90 degrees to the right, and i felt something snap or come out of place in my ankle,and the worst possible pain ever, I can just about walk, but am in a lot of pain just sitting here.

Is it worth a trip to the hospital, or just leave it? Anybody got any ideas what it could be?

Thanks

EC12

Probably Achilles tendon.

Take a trip to your A&E. The cure will probably take some time.

Better to get advice than ignore it.

[captainzep]

Not sure its achilles rupture. No way you could walk or push off on it.

Still not good though.

A&E I'm afraid. Aren't you Canterbury? Minor injuries at the K&C might be OK, save you a trip to Margate or Ashford.

ETA -just spotted you're Folkestone. RVH walk in centre might be OK.

[Road Pest]

PH "personal healthcare matters"...

[croakey]

did something very similar falling down some steps at work a while back (how? lord only knows!)

I went to Canterbury walk in minor injuries barely able to walk, let alone put weight on it...and was made to feel like a second class citizen taking the michael out of the NHS, was told that if it clicked/snapped etc, it was only a minor injury "as proper injuries dont snap"... and was told to come back in 48hours if i still couldnt walk on it unaided.

I couldnt...and i didnt go back, healed itself after about a month!

[escortcosworth12]

Thanks guys, will try and go, just need to wait for my dad, as hes the only one who candrive.

[E38Ross]

get yourself to A&E, in the mean time pop a bag of frozen peas (or anything else cold, for that matter - vegetables or not!) over it for 20 minutes, take it off for 40-50mins, then back on again for 20mins; repeat this a few times.

[g3org3y]

Ice, elevation, ibuprofen, paracetamol and a trip to A&E.