Thread: Just wondering.

they lower inflammation, from what i understand

It's an anti-inflammatory steroid so yes it can have an effect on any other areas of your body that are feeling pain from inflammation like a sprained ankle.

its also bloats u up like a motherfucker!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by crazy_enough

its also bloats u up like a motherfucker!!!!!!!

Isn't that cortisol?

Crazy is probably talking about prednisone. And yes, it can affect water balance in tissues.

Its doubtful that a mild topical application would treat a remote peripheral tissue injury, but I guess it may have...remote chance, if you had heavy dosing of topical anti-inflammatory.

A light sprain will often resolve itself before a moderate case of poison ivy (7-10 days or longer, depending on reaction degree and superation/spreading).

More likely, you have improved recovery from your training and use of whey (if you use it), Jordan.

Originally Posted by Trouble

Crazy is probably talking about prednisone. And yes, it can affect water balance in tissues.

Its doubtful that a mild topical application would treat a remote peripheral tissue injury, but I guess it may have...remote chance, if you had heavy dosing of topical anti-inflammatory.

A light sprain will often resolve itself before a moderate case of poison ivy (7-10 days or longer, depending on reaction degree and superation/spreading).

More likely, you have improved recovery from your training and use of whey (if you use it), Jordan.

I don't think this is the case. I still have weakness and pain the ankle now 6-8 weeks later. I can't understand why. It's still swollen, and that's after application of pressure and heat. Some days are worse then others. I'm a notoriously fast healer. It seems like when it's warmed up and moving I don't really feel the pain of footwork drills, running etc. But afterwards it's usually slightly soar, but not much more then usual. I do take whey, and my training most definently played a roll in it. Before the accident I was doing on-the-toe footwork drills almost every day. I think this helped. I'm still not sure about the swelling though. Football is only 15 days away. I wish I could get it feeling it better. The pain area is the soft tissue between the ankle and achilles tendon. I think it might be the fluid in their. Advice?

It sounds like you never allowed it to heal properly, and now its becoming chronically inflammed.

Hmm, I wonder if this is a case of plantars fasciatis? Caused by a inflammation driven shortening of the tendon at the back of your ankle. If it draws up every night, you have foot dropping effect (the toes flexion is as though you are pointing your toes), so this would be felt as mild pain when you first get up on the morning.

Well it just depends. Like this morning I felt nothing. Feels fine, but if at some point in the day today I should put pressure on it in the wrong way it might ache the rest of the day.

See your doctor about this problem.

Originally Posted by Trouble

Crazy is probably talking about prednisone. And yes, it can affect water balance in tissues.

Its doubtful that a mild topical application would treat a remote peripheral tissue injury, but I guess it may have...remote chance, if you had heavy dosing of topical anti-inflammatory.

A light sprain will often resolve itself before a moderate case of poison ivy (7-10 days or longer, depending on reaction degree and superation/spreading).

More likely, you have improved recovery from your training and use of whey (if you use it), Jordan.

Prednisone gave me the worst munchies I have ever had.

Jordan said he received a cortisone shot which means it could have gone throughout his body and helped his ankle.

Cortisone shots are meant to be primarily locally acting. Doubtful the dose was enough to cause more than temporarly effect. I think it made him a little cavalier (he didn't give it sufficient time for healing), and continued training on it has perhaps worsened, at least prolonged, recovery from the strain.

This is clearly should be looked at by a physician.

My doctor told me I could start work on it after about a week. I waited 2, and then started, and today I did some pretty hard cardio on it. It's sore, but I can understand that.

So you went to see a physician a couple weeks ago, a month after you injured it, and he/she said wait 1 week, you wait 2 and you still have residual soreness.

Jordan, it sounds like you have more than just a strain/sprain. Its a repetitive strain injury.

What do you think will happen when you try to play football with this injury?

No, no. When it happend I went to the ER, this was 6 weeks ago. The ER doctor x-rayed and their were no breaks. He put it in a splint ( which I took off early because it was causing me more pain then anything else ). My doctor said it was a mild to moderate sprain and I should wait a week before working on it. I waited 2, and from their I started. Since then I've only gotten stronger on it, but like I said after running etc it's sore in the area between the back of the ankle ( on the outside ) connecting to the achilles tendon. Also the front of the ankle is a little sore.

Bump, with the new information any new advice Trouble?