I injured my ankle today playing basketball, heard a pop and my ankle became very swollen.
Im assuming its a normal sprain so im just icing it.
My question is "why does my ankle hurt way worst, after icing it? and how do i know if its something more than a sprain ankle?"

Ive rolled my ankle several times since breaking it 15 years ago, seems like at least once a year, and I have to be very careful for a month until it heals up. You'd know if it was broken.. You wouldn't be walking on it. It's hard and hurts like hell to walk when you sprain it but you manage, if you can't somethings wrong.

oo myyy how will i work out my mini calves.

dem doctors

If you can't walk comfortably on it after 30-60 minutes, it's probably a good idea to get it checked on by a physician.

I've had all kinds of ankle injuries from basketball and one mistake you don't want to wait is waiting too long. The first 24 or even 72 hours are very important in the healing process. I once had torn two ligaments and broken a bone -- 9 months until I could jog again even with physiotherapy directed toward me playing as a varisty university athlete. That's your worst case scenario, but because you never know, it never hurts to get a diagnosis.

Hi see doctor

Some people get a common cold and rush to a clinic to waste a doctor's time.

And then you get...LITERALLY EVERYONE ON JSP who come here to ask for advice when they really should be seeing a fucking doctor.



Doctors don't eat souls. They don't saw off your genitals to add them to their gigantic collection of body parts they've taken from patients crazy enough to go see them. They spent a decade overpaying to study for that shit job so they could help you. Go see one.

If you can't walk, see a doctor.

shit job?

brings me joy knowing that I'm helping save lives, get rid of sickness and suffering, and advising patients not to do stupid shit by educating them...

Yea and I'm sure you must love it when those fat black women you saved from gangrene because they're too fucking lazy to even move a muscle for anything other than food thank God for saving their limbs?

Being a doctor has a good purpose, but it's long ass hours of tedious work for usually ungrateful assholes.