Oops and ow
Feb. 25th, 2020 10:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carbonelThis morning, I drove to the gym as usual on Tuesdays. Not, however, as usual, I slipped on a patch of ice on the way from my car to the gym. I went down flat on my side, and I did something to my right knee and ankle. My knee hurts, but I think it’s just a bruise. But there’s something off on my ankle, because it hurts a lot when I put any weight on the ball of my foot. I can hobble around by putting the weight on my heel, but that feels very clumsy.
I’ve been doing the RIE part of RICE; I don’t have anything suitable for compression. Also taking ibuprofen.
This is very annoying; it’s the second full-length fall I’ve taken in the last six months. (The other one was in Copenhagen; I tripped on a curb, and had some impressive soft-tissue injury on my left hip.)
This afternoon, I called the nurse line at the clinic. When she heard about the problem with weight bearing, she recommended that I go to Urgent Care or Tria Orthopedic. I chose the latter because it was close (plus orthopedic).
After some X rays and an exam, the diagnosis was a calf strain (thankfully not an Achilles tendon issue). I'm on crutches for two weeks or until it improves. If it's not better by then, I'll have to go in for a follow-up.
Bleah.
I’ve been doing the RIE part of RICE; I don’t have anything suitable for compression. Also taking ibuprofen.
This is very annoying; it’s the second full-length fall I’ve taken in the last six months. (The other one was in Copenhagen; I tripped on a curb, and had some impressive soft-tissue injury on my left hip.)
This afternoon, I called the nurse line at the clinic. When she heard about the problem with weight bearing, she recommended that I go to Urgent Care or Tria Orthopedic. I chose the latter because it was close (plus orthopedic).
After some X rays and an exam, the diagnosis was a calf strain (thankfully not an Achilles tendon issue). I'm on crutches for two weeks or until it improves. If it's not better by then, I'll have to go in for a follow-up.
Bleah.
