Might be on Crutches for a Few Days....

[Dyre Straits]

I have no idea how, but, my left ankle is sprained to the point that I barely can put weight on it.

After my work shift last night, I went to the local Huddle House to get a bite to eat. Nothing gave me any indication that there was any problem with my ankle. But, after eating, when I got up to leave my ankle felt like it had been twisted. I limped to the car and came on home.

I was hoping that a night off of it and some good rest would help. Nothing doing! It's worse today than last night.

I still can't figure out how it got sprained.

[Drakon]

Maybe you stepped at a wrong angle...

I wish you a speedy recovery though

[Dyre Straits]

But there was no pain or anything when I sat down to eat. It only showed up as I got up to leave. Very strange....

[Sandok]

Monster under the table? Only logical and scientific explanation

[Dyre Straits]

Originally Posted by Sandok

Monster under the table? Only logical and scientific explanation

I'll go with that...unless someone comes up with something better.

[dj_stick]

you may have just had your ankle sitting wrong when you were sitting down, and slowly pulled the muscle… but i'm not a doctor so don't take that as fact

[Nacht]

The problem is that you ate at Huddle House, methinks

[Dyre Straits]

Originally Posted by Nacht

The problem is that you ate at Huddle House, methinks

It's never affected me before.

Those 6 oz ribeye steaks with shrimp, salad, and baked potatoes with Texas toast are too tempting.

[riles9262]

Well good luck with it dyre, hopefully it's nothing serious.

[niceguyrichy]

speedy recovery wished

speaking from experience (with a knee as opposed to ankle right enough, close enough ) if you've already damaged the muscle or ligament, and then spend some time letting them contract back to a rested state (in your case sitting eating, mine was driving for 3 hours), the injury might only manifest it when you try to stretch out and put similar strain on it as you were before you sat down to dinner.

I'm not a doctor or anything, but this was my physio's explanation for my dodgy knee problems, so just thought I'd pass it along

[Dyre Straits]

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

speedy recovery wished

speaking from experience (with a knee as opposed to ankle right enough, close enough ) if you've already damaged the muscle or ligament, and then spend some time letting them contract back to a rested state (in your case sitting eating, mine was driving for 3 hours), the injury might only manifest it when you try to stretch out and put similar strain on it as you were before you sat down to dinner.

I'm not a doctor or anything, but this was my physio's explanation for my dodgy knee problems, so just thought I'd pass it along

I've been thinking back to anything that I might have done through the evening to damage my ankle.

The only thing that comes to mind is that I might have stepped on the edge of a sidewalk -- where it meets the grass -- and maybe tweaked it there. But, I felt nothing at all when I did that. No pain, no discomfort whatsoever.

But, I have been thinking that maybe since I stayed on my feet for a few hours after that the relaxation maybe allowed it to swell. That makes as much sense as anything else I've come up with.

[daedal]

I feel your pain. I dislocated my knee a few weeks ago. Still hurts.

[Geminiwave]

dude one time my friend jumped on my back and we were spinning around like crazy, and she jumped down while we were spinning and accidentally tripped me. My foot hurt pretty bad but I didnt think anything of it. A week later it started clicking and when I went to the doc...totally broken.

weird breakages and sprains SUCK!

[SFOSOK]

Did you beat the crap out of a T-rex so much you broke you legs?

Edit: well you could always break your ankle out of spite to teach it a lesson for disobeying.

[Dyre Straits]

I think I'll use that T-Rex story on my boss.