busted ankle

hyperlitemike 04-08-2004, 8:31 PM

when i was playing basketball the other day i landed wrong and busted up my ankle. and the week after easter i am going out on a houseboat for the week and i was wondering of something that i could do to support my ankle when i am riding

(azsufer) · (azsufer) **Join Date: Feb 2004** 04-08-2004, 8:53 PM

ICE THAT ••••••••••••••••••
AIR SPLINT
LOTS OF BOOZE....
IBPROUFEN
IF ALL ELSE FAILS YOU CAN WAKESURF FOR THAT WEEK

(hillbilly) · (hillbilly) **Join Date: Aug 2002** 04-09-2004, 4:01 PM

Athletic tape just a whole bunch of it. Used to work for me when I tore up my ankles fighting bulls.

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 04-10-2004, 2:24 AM

Duct Tape, nothing better!
If you really want to wakeboard, do what I did (though I shouldn't of gone wakeboarding, just made it worse) Duct Tape up your ankle, get a rubber sock (like the white water rafters use) losts of lube and you'll get into your bindings.
I'd just stick with wakeskating and wakesurfing if I were you.
Duct Tape is a dream for this stuff.
Remember do not ice for more then 20 min at a time.

hyperlitemike 04-10-2004, 11:30 AM

Thanks for the suggestions i will try them what happens if u ice for more than 20 minuetes

(kristian) · (kristian) **Join Date: Nov 2002** 04-10-2004, 12:15 PM

Ligaments take to ice and heat very easily, so icing for too long can cause a worse effect, in a sense freezing them. Thats how my doctor explained it to me, I never knew it before.

(dkmode34) · (dkmode34) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 04-11-2004, 11:26 AM

the best thing to heal it would be to stick it in a bucket of ice water for TEN minutes and then put it in a warm/hot bath for ten minutes. iff u do that a lot it will heal up quick. keep it elevated when just chillin on the couch, and also if ur bored point ur toes forward when sitting down and make the alphabet with ur toes. trust me i did it last summer the exact same way . good luck

(dkmode34) · (dkmode34) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 04-11-2004, 11:27 AM

also hottub are great for it after the whole ice bucket thing

(puckinshat) · (puckinshat) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 04-12-2004, 5:04 PM

The 20 min rule also applies to heat. 20 min of heat / ice at a time MAX.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 04-12-2004, 5:10 PM

Theraband strengthening.

Your best bet is to do light exercises with your ankle to build up the muscles around the injury. Ice, then try to massage the swelling out of the injured area. I wouldn't use heat until the swelling goes down a litle. I did 7 days of straight therapy and was snowboarding a week later.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 04-12-2004, 5:11 PM

Of course if it hurts to even move your ankle, don't exercise it!