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Weird Feeling In Foot While Playing Followed With Swelling, Severe Pain In Second Meatreastal. Detected Possible Fracture. Guide
Hi, I am a 16 year old girl and I was playing lacrosse and my foot felt weird but I didn't stop plying thinking nothing of it. The next morning I couldn't walk or touch my second meatreastal in my foot. I went to a doctor and thy said it might be fractured or badly bruised ms gave me a splint and crutches. It's been two days and my foot is so swollen and looks plastic and is tingly and I still can't walk. I'm going to go to the orthopedic in a couple of days but what could be wrong?
Mon, 23 Sep 2013
Hi, thanks for writing to HCM.
Based on the description, I suspect that you could have suffered a fracture of the metatarsal bone.
An xray of the injured area will diagnose the presence of a fracture.
The general treatment guidelines are as follows -
* Protection - in the form of a splint (which you already have)
* Rest to the injured area and avoid any activity that produces pain
* Ice packing over the painful area once in 2 hours
* apply an elastic compression bandage around the injured area to prevent swelling
* Elevation of the foot end most of the times in a day to reduce the swelling
* Use analgesics like Advil or Aleve to reduce the pain and inflammation.
Consult an orthopedic surgeon for further workup and management
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
Based on the description, I suspect that you could have suffered a fracture of the metatarsal bone.
An xray of the injured area will diagnose the presence of a fracture.
The general treatment guidelines are as follows -
* Protection - in the form of a splint (which you already have)
* Rest to the injured area and avoid any activity that produces pain
* Ice packing over the painful area once in 2 hours
* apply an elastic compression bandage around the injured area to prevent swelling
* Elevation of the foot end most of the times in a day to reduce the swelling
* Use analgesics like Advil or Aleve to reduce the pain and inflammation.
Consult an orthopedic surgeon for further workup and management
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
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