It has been 6 weeks since I injured my ankle while skiing. In that time I have been doing the usual rehab exercises for badly sprained ankles. In my stubbornness I did not go see a doctor to have it checked out. I have been here before, I knew what to do, they can't tell me more than I already know blah, blah blah..
Well,.. after 6 weeks, the ankle did not seem to be getting any better. Every night the ankle would be swollen and I am forced to keep icing it. I am still unable to run or make strong motions. The ankle feels really weak and it seemed as if any wrong move I make I would easily re-injure it. This has concerned me. So, sucking it up, I forced myself into a walk-in clinic to have it assessed. All I wanted was to have it x-rayed just to make sure I haven't broken anything. The good thing is if it is indeed broken, I have been doing the right things treating it as if it was a broken bone, wearing an ankle brace etc.. (except for riding my bike, but shush, no one needs to know that).
Good news! Nothing's broken! Not-so-good news, there's ligament damage. Oh well, that explains it. I could treat this as devastating news as it would limit most of my cycling plans for the summer, the long planned trips, the bike rides up mountains etc. but I will look at it on a positive note; I have no torn ligaments! Woohoo! Torn ligaments could easily take up to 6 months to heal, whereas my minor ligament damage can only take a small amount of time. They say it could take between 6 weeks to 6 months to heal and I am already on my 6th week; nothing's torn, so I am hoping it won't be much longer. My job is to make sure it heals fully before I start pushing myself and go on strenuous and long rides. Maybe that 70k bike ride a few weeks ago was not such a good idea?
Now this is Informative writing, Keep up the good work.
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