Ankle injury, any insight is welcome, please help?

Question

alright so the other day while my brother was leaving for college i was jumping around like a moron (this was a week ago) and my foot started hurting, and so that night when i went to bed my foot felt like it had a bruise, only worse. so i started feeling my ankle and it felt like it had a chip in it, my dad said he didn't feel it, i went on dawned an ace wrap and delt with the pain.

so two days ago my ankle started having sharp shooting pain every few minutes while i was walking to our couch (my parents were out at the hospital because my other brother broke his ankle) and then it popped, and yesterday i was looking at my ankle and there is a something or other sticking out of my ankle, there's a bit of swelling (which when i broke my ankle it didn't swell at all) could it be a fragment of bone?

it feels hard on one half, but the other piece i think is under a vein, oh yeah my mom is calling an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow soo, could it be a fragment of bone?

Answer 1

could be a bone chip. or a bad sprain. Sprain's hurt worse then a break.

Answer 2

Ive had plenty of ankle sprains, this could just be a bad one. get an xray

Answer 3

Hey to answer your question, it probably is a fragment of a bone. It sounds like a slight fracture, especially if your able to some what walk on it...I would keep it bandaged that helps so the bone doesn't move around, and also keep it elevated, and put ice on it because that will help keep the swelling down.

Hope you feel better!

Answer 4

it could be a fracture, keep off it until you get the x-ray results