Possible foot injury from snowboarding

Hello all. I am new here and was hoping someone might be able to give me some info on a possible injury. Anything is appreciated. I am currently living in Japan so it is not easy for me to see a doctor or get x-rays. Here is the story:

This happened 2 days ago: I was going off of a rather large jump on my snowboard. I was probably 15 feet in the air. The snow was slower than to be expected and I dropped onto a flat landing taking the brunt if the impact in my right (back) foot. I immediately felt pain in both feet/ankles but worse in the right. I was able to stand up and snowboard down a little but it was somewhat painful and my legs felt weak. I could gingerly walk on it enough to get to the car.

I immediately iced my right foot for approximately 3 hours. There was very minor swelling and immediately a small bruise. I found that if I was not putting pressure on the heel I felt little pain. I also discovered I could walk on the front of my foot/toes without letting the heel touch and be virtually painless.

It has now been two days. I feel absolutely no pain if I am not putting pressure on the heel. There is no swelling. I can walk on my toes fine with no pain (although a small amount of discomfort). I have full range of motion with no pain. I do have pain when I try to put pressure on the heel.

The blue section marked in this picture is where there is heavy brusing and the red section is very light bruising.

I am hoping it is a bruised heel and I will be back on the snow and walking normally soon, but I fear it may be something worse. The lack of pain makes me optimistic but the bruising looks bad. I know a friend of mine skied with a broken foot for weeks, walking normally, and ended up requiring surgery. I really hope this is not the case.

I realize this is quite a lengthy post but I thought more information would be better than less. Thank you very much for your time.

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