Ankle Instability
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I was diagnosed with hEDS when I was 14 after multiple finger dislocations which lead to surgery. Prior to this I was just deemed as 'double jointed' or very flexible because I did gymnastics
Fast forward a few years and I seem to be struggling with my EDS more and
more.
Recently I landed short when jump (foot slightly behind so knees are over toes) and hurt my ankle I heard a slight pop but despite pain there was no swelling or bruising. I treated it like a sprain (RICE and physio exercises I'd been give for past ankle injuries) but I am still experiencing pain and ankle instability as well as a terrible popping sound whenever I circle my ankle and sometimes when I walk and this is almost 12 weeks after the initial injury.
Having sprained my ankle more times than I care to count this feels very different then pain is far worse than any other sprain and the effects lasting far longer so I went to see my GP in the hopes that they could help or at least refer me to someone that can.
My GP has told my it's a slow healing sprain and to continue doing what I'm doing.But I feel has through there is something more and it's staring to impact my daily life and my GP was very blasé about the whole thing.
Any suggestions on what to do from here?
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Rochares millie9264
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Hi, I'm no expert in these things, but I read no mention of your GP ordering X-rays. Im thinking you know this already but no harm in sharing.
In my own similar experience (with knee), xray revealed a need for "vacuum cleaning :›)" my joint(thru 2 mini-openings) of small, particular matter that I had worn loose in my competitive running activities thru the yrs. Releived my pain, and no scarring . Thanks
millie9264 Rochares
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Thank you for your advice! I asked about having an x-ray but my GP said that because it's most likely not broken they don't see much point in getting an x-ray. But I might push to get it done.