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Sevre ankle injury

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Im 14 years old.About 2 years ago I was playing basketball and took a big fall. I continued the rest of the game as my ankle pain shot through my whole leg. About a day later I went to a walk-in clinic where the x-rays showed nothing more than an enourmous amount of swelling. The doctor puzzled casted my ankle up for 2 weeks hoping to see improvments. 2 weeks were up and I was seeing the top orthopedic specialist in the area where he diagnosed it as “nothing more than a bad sprain”. Another year went by and the pain began to get worst and the color changing and swelling enourmous amounts. I was then taken 2 years after the injury back to see another specialist where he was also puzzeld with the whole situation and sent me for x-rays where once again nothing showed. I then went for a bone scan 2 months later and nothing showed. Doctor again puzzled sent me for an MRI where it showed, a break to the talus, a stress fracure in the foot, chips of bone floating around and a hematoma. Being the athlete I am I was devistated after being told 6 weeks in a cast. After the 6 weeks were up the cast came off and my foot was totally messed up. The heel of my foot was sticking out, and I had constant pain on the inner side of my ankle where I had never hurt before. So now I have bones sticking out of my foot and heel, and pain constantly, the more I walk on it the less it hurts until I sit down to relax where it swells up and turs colors in short periods of time. I am going back to see my doctor in a couple of weeks but after going 2 years with it broken im not too sure about his diagnosis, can anyone help me please!! If you have any ideas what so ever at what could be going on please help me, I play for the areas basketball team, the regional basketball team, and the provincial basketball team please I would like to make national team this year but it will be pretty hard if im in another cast!! I will take any advice you have I just want to get back on the courts, please and thank you!


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    Vivian Abrams DPM

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    I am sorry this has happened to you. Certainly at your young age, you have been through alot with this problem. Fractures of the talus are almost always a problem later on. Your doctor may recommend depending on how you are doing- either physical therapy, arthroscopic surgery of the ankle, or even a brace.If you are still concerned, ask for copies of your records and get another opinion from either a podiatrist or orthopedit who treat sports injuries. Good luck.

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    Something similar happened to me a year ago when I rolled my ankle (playing basketball) and more than one doctor (after seeing the x-rays) thought it was a sprain. Several months later after little improvement I went for an MRI and a fairly series Talus injury was detected – this ultimately required surgery, and now (2 months on) my ankle is 85% back to its best. If you are serious about your sport, and there is a talus injury, it is crucial you have it operated on. If you were 65 years old, then perhaps there would not be much point, but if you want to keep playing sport for the next 30 years you better get it seen to.

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