Hello...I dropped some Two by sixes on my shin and it hit right between my knee and ankle..at first there was no swelling just a lot of pain...I went back to work...about 20 minutes later I felt the tightness in my leg so I lifted my pants and to my SUPRIZE my shin swelled up to about a hardball size...I came home and put it on ice for two days... It's been a week and a half and most of the swelling went down, but the bruising is the nasty part...it goes way beyond of where I hit my shin and I have black bruises around my ankle also it looks pretty nasty with black blue yellow and green colours...it doesn't hurt when I'm walkin once it's worked in but in the mornings I can feel my heartbeat pretty hard on the injury spot..I hope I'll be alright I haven't taken meds and I have to stand on my feet for work and it usually re swells by the end of my shift