Posted on Aug 28, 2015
I sprained my ankle on Mother's Day-I still can't run on it. I have a diagnostic APFT in October and I'm not sure what to do.
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I sprained my ankle on Mother's Day and I still can't run on it. I have a diagnostic APFT in October and I'm not sure what to do.
I haven't had a sprain continue to plague me this long before, but perhaps I did more damage this time or maybe my age may be a factor. I don't know. I passed my PT test in the spring, but there's just no way I see myself passing this one. I tried to run a couple times recently, and I could only do a mile in about 12-13 minutes; each time the ankle was stiff and hurt like hell; afterwards it felt like I couldn't support my own weight. How can I train much less pass?
I don't know if a profile is appropriate-it's not my preferred choice. I'm not a big fan of spotlighting myself in general. If this were Active, I could get a profile and work with my chain-of-command, but in the Reserves, I'm not sure what I should do.
Any thoughts?
I haven't had a sprain continue to plague me this long before, but perhaps I did more damage this time or maybe my age may be a factor. I don't know. I passed my PT test in the spring, but there's just no way I see myself passing this one. I tried to run a couple times recently, and I could only do a mile in about 12-13 minutes; each time the ankle was stiff and hurt like hell; afterwards it felt like I couldn't support my own weight. How can I train much less pass?
I don't know if a profile is appropriate-it's not my preferred choice. I'm not a big fan of spotlighting myself in general. If this were Active, I could get a profile and work with my chain-of-command, but in the Reserves, I'm not sure what I should do.
Any thoughts?
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Posted 9 y ago
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brother, it sounds like a little more than just an average sprain....I recommend you getting it checked out - and I don't care what they think, you are better for the unit as a healed Leader & Warrior, not a hurt one!
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SGT Dave Tracy you need to go get it checked again and get a profile if you are not able to run. You are only setting yourself up for failure if you don't. Your PCM should have you get some x-rays and probably an MRI. Ankles are a bitch to heal. If you don't take care of it, it won't heal. Also it takes longer to heal the more you hurt an ankle. Just my $.02.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
This. I torqued one 18 years ago, and it still bugs the hell out of me. Made it out of a grunt BN with my knees intact, but only one good ankle.
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SGM Steve Wettstein
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS - Preach it Aaron. I forgot to mention that it is also easier to injure that ankle. Left ankle no problems. Right ankle broke it playing flag football, hair line fracture, I cannot count the times I have rolled it or done other nice things to it.
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Simply put:
Pain is your body's way of telling you, you are doing something wrong. It is an indication that there is a problem. "If" you sprained it on Mother's day, then in theory, it should have healed by now. That said, "perhaps" the pain is an indication that the initial diagnosis is incorrect, and you should speak to your medical provider and/or seek a second opinion. What they may have thought of as a simple sprain, may have been a tear, or worse a break.
Breaking yourself further does no one any good.
Pain is your body's way of telling you, you are doing something wrong. It is an indication that there is a problem. "If" you sprained it on Mother's day, then in theory, it should have healed by now. That said, "perhaps" the pain is an indication that the initial diagnosis is incorrect, and you should speak to your medical provider and/or seek a second opinion. What they may have thought of as a simple sprain, may have been a tear, or worse a break.
Breaking yourself further does no one any good.
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