First Aid, help me out.

My advice: Go to a hospital. That kind of healthcare is free in this
country.

Be sure to ice it ASAP. When you do, wrap a cloth around the
ice/ice-pack/bag of peas to stop your skin from freezing. Use anything
from the freezer.

Matt_V did something like that a little while ago and he couldn't ride
for a little while. 🙁

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ntappin said:

K so I just sprained my ankle, really badly, its really swollen and
there is a mark where it looks bruised (yet there was no impact which
is wierd).

What are the proper procedures to keep it healthy and heal fast?

Oh no! I hope this doesn't affect your travel plans.

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RICE

Rest it
Ice it
Compress it (gently)
Elevate it

An X-ray would rule out a fracture but not torn ligaments. If it does
not get better in a couple weeks something might be torn.

Hope you get well soon

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ntappin said:

K so I just sprained my ankle, really badly, its really swollen and
there is a mark where it looks bruised (yet there was no impact which
is wierd).

What are the proper procedures to keep it healthy and heal fast?

Sorry to hear about your injury. It's not unusual to see bruising in a
bad sprain; that's internal bleeding from the swelling.

The standard advice is Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation; keep it
elevated above your heart, ice it (20 minutes on and 20 minutes off, as
cold as you can stand, be careful not to get frostbite), compress it
when you're not icing it (Ace bandage), and stay off it.

If you can't put any weight on it, you probably should see a doctor and
get an x-ray to see if anything's broken.

Good luck, hope it turns out well. I had a bad sprain hiking in late
December one year, couldn't put any weight on it for a week, but still
managed to make it to Moab that year (just took it easy).

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What has been said is pretty good.

Stay hydrated but dont drink too much water. Hopefully you wont have to
navigate stairs to often.

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Brian O. said:

Oh no! I hope this doesn't affect your travel plans.

It better not, I'm traveling whether I can ride or not.

I'm more worried about being able to work to afford traveling, I've
booked all my flights, and that I can afford to pay for but I still
have to pay for food and places to stay.

Fortunatly it was my left ankle, and I actualy found it easier to ride
back home than to walk (probably better for it too).

Just a warning to people, seat pushes in the dark on ice with Five Ten
shoes and Animal pedals is a bad combo. I hit a bump wheel twisted and
flipped, the shoes held too tight on the pedals to come off nicely and
what should have just been a rolled ankle was much worse.

The wierd thing is I finaly learned how to do proper crank flips today,
and I got them really nicely. But I hurt myself on my way home from
work, and I even took the bus that takes three times the amount of time
but saves about ten minutes of walking...

Thanks for the help guys, I've wrapped a tensor bandage around it and
I'm putting frozen pees in the tensor for 20 minute periods now.

My biggest question was do I wrap it first or ice it first, but I guess
doing both at the same time is best.

Thanks again everyone for your support, if anyone has any tips for
slightly more long term ways to help it heal, please let me know.

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I can't add anything, but from various joint injuries I can tell you
that ICING IT is very important if you want it to heal quickly.
edit: ice it a few times a day for around 20 mins.

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ridingwithscissors is officially dumb.

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ntappin said:

if anyone has any tips for slightly more long term ways to help it
heal, please let me know.

http://tinyurl.com/yyfn7l
This was the best resource I found while sitting around immobilized.
Hope it helps you as well.

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depending how bad it is then icing for a few days like suggested (3 or
so times a day), then after a few days do the same except using a heat
bag or hot water bottle (once the swelling is going down). The heat
treatment does make a big difference to just stopping the ice and doing
nothing else. It helps keep the joint from stiffening up and makes it
much more mobile. I have only just recovered from a severe ankle injury
myself. It took me 1 month before I could ride properly again.

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I've bust my ankle 3 times now, each taking 3 months to fully heal. In
the short term RICE is the best policy. I found that physio and in
particular ultrasound was particularly helpful in speeding my recovery.
My physio gave me a load of exercises and stretches to ensure stregth
was rebuilt and that joint movemenet was not lost because of the scar
tissue.

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ntappin said:

K so I just sprained my ankle, really badly, its really swollen and
there is a mark where it looks bruised (yet there was no impact which
is wierd).

What are the proper procedures to keep it healthy and heal fast?

Hey Nathan,

Take it easy, Uninam is not far away. You want to be able to make sure
you stay in one piece before the tour (and preferably during the tour
also :p )

What everyone said is good. Keep it elevated and rest it. The
swelling is proabably worst in the first 24-48hrs, so ice and a
compression bandage will help decrease that. It's the swelling that
causes pain.

If it's really bruised or you're tender around the malleoli (the bits
of your ankle bones that stick out) you may want to get it Xrayed.

Ken

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There was something bugging me about my earlier post.

I looked up the RICE acrimim in my first aid manual and it said

*R*est
*I*mmobilize
*C*old
*E*levate

It used to be Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate in the older manuals, not
sure why they changed it.
it was recommending cold to be applied for 15 minutes every hour for
12-24 hours.

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Bach Rescue Remedy, Traumeel and Arnica Gels, and positive thoughts on
healing the affected area.

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Rent some crutches from a pharmacy for a few days... It'll suck, but
keeping weight off helps a bunch... I've sprained both my ankles at
different times uni'ing, and it took me quite a while to get healed...
Mostly 'cause I didn't see the doc when I should have :P (It's free,
but I'm lazy 😉)

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