walking or driving
by jules
i had a fall and thought i had sprained my ankle. had xray no break but 2 years on am really getting a lot of pain sharp shooting and burning pains like trapped nerve pain. i can wake up pain free but soon as ive been on it for hour or so it starts to really hurt. or if am driving i have trouble with cluch. pain killers do not work for more than an hour or so even strong ones the dr. has given. am beside myself now as what to do. Hi Jules, It seems to me that further investigation into your symptoms would be indicated. The first thing I would consider would be an MRI to see if there are remnants of soft tissue damage from the sprain two years ago. It is also important to keep in mind that sometimes small fractures do not initially show up on xray, but an MRI this far down the road might show a healed fracture. If the MRI proves to be negative then the next avenue to explore would be the possibility of a nerve entrapment as you state the symptoms seem to neurological in nature. Just taking pain killers is not a solution. Your doctor first needs to find the cause of your ankle pain. Once a proper diagnosis is made it will be much easier to treat the problem. Marc Mitnick DPM DISCLAIMER:
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