how do you know if your ankle is broken. (1 Viewer)

[jayd265]

i was working at my property today, i have a small dirt hill in the back because we just finished forming concrete and thats where we put the extra dirt for now. well i walked over it to go weedeat my grass today and when i did that my foot went into a hole and i fell down. its throbbing and it was swollen in about 3 minutes. i can barely walk on it (which is a good sign that i can walk on it i guess...) so do yall think its broken or a bad sprain?

 

[Richard]

Is there a bone sticking out of your skin?

 

[Pure Energy]

i was working at my property today, i have a small dirt hill in the back because we just finished forming concrete and thats where we put the extra dirt for now. well i walked over it to go weedeat my grass today and when i did that my foot went into a hole and i fell down. its throbbing and it was swollen in about 3 minutes. i can barely walk on it (which is a good sign that i can walk on it i guess...) so do yall think its broken or a bad sprain?

Web MD symptom checker...pretty cool.

http://symptoms.webmd.com/

 

[jayd265]

Is there a bone sticking out of your skin?

nah its not that bad lol

 

[Jayden]

you can still move it if it is fractured. The best way to know is good ol' fashioned XRAYS.

 

[bclemms]

Jump up and down on the bad leg. If it hurts it might be broken or just a strain

Either give it a week or two or get an xray. Other than that it is almost impossible to tell the difference between a bad sprain and a break.

/wowjaydenisalive