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Daniel Chavez66 said:I'm no doctor, but I've dealt with injuries like this plenty of times. You're looking at at least a month before you're fully recovered. That doesn't mean you won't be walking, just that you shouldn't go running or do any heavy sports. I assume the therapy just means doing some light range-of-motion exercises once the splint finally comes off. If you aren't an athlete, it’s really not that big of a deal.
Yeah, but he doesn't get why they swap a standard cast for some "EX" version after just ten days. What even is that? I've been scouring the web and finding absolutely nothing... And why did they mark it down like it was some major emergency when I went to the ER? Also, why does my leg go totally numb from the foot all the way up whenever I try to point it down? It happens so fast I can't even hold my leg down for five minutes... ugh, it's driving me crazy.
So, last Saturday around 8 PM, I took a nasty fall and wrecked my left ankle. It hurt, sure, but nothing crazy at first. Then around 3 AM, the pain hit me like a truck and the swelling got so bad I didn't know what to do with myself. I went to the ER and they did some scans—nothing broken, apparently. The doctor seemed half-asleep and barely said two words to me. Long story short, they slapped me in a splint and told me to come back in two days. Well, I showed up on Tuesday, they opened the splint, and then they tell me I can't take it off yet and have to wear it for another 8 days. Now there’s some note about an "ex-splint" and physical therapy. My ankle is still swollen on the outside, and if I understood them right (they talk so fast it's impossible), it's a torn tendon. So now what? What the hell is an "ex-splint," how long is this recovery actually going to take, because it's been 6 days and it still hurts like crazy and won't go down? And what does "physical therapy" even mean here? Is that something I do at home or do I need to head over to a clinic near where I live? HELP me out here.