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My broken ankle has been attacked by a lift!

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mara27166
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Its been around 4 weeks since I fractured my lateral malleolus and I am still restricted to minimal weight bearing (~10% body weight). Today I was using a lift to get to an appointment and was suddenly ambushed by the doors slamming into my sides!

The surprise attack caught me very off guard and I ended up "stomping" onto my broken ankle foot with quite some force. I'm now experiencing pains on my inner ankle side and am concerned for my healing progress.

Is it possible that I broke a new part of my ankle by stepping on my foot too hard?

For additional context: I have been wearing an ankle splint for all of 4 weeks and was never in a cast.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

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