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Bruise that won't heal completely

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Takingtime
Takingtime

Hello everyone,

I had a fall in June, where I fell on something hard bruising both inner calve muscles. The left leg seem to take the brunt of the fall and there was more bruising and more pain. The bruise surprising was not that dark but the pain was definitely there. It took a good month for the bruise to disappear but there was always a slight tenderness for a couple months afterwards. I thought everything was better, until yesterday when I had a massage and once she worked that area I could feel the pain return while she was working it, I just assumed the muscle was tight so I let her do her thing....then as night came there was the on and off throb pain and I notice today there is a slight bruise barely noticeable more of a shadow in the same spot as before. Has anyone ever encountered this before? I am not someone who usually bruises and if I do they generally are there and gone.....but this particular area is tender again, it almost feels like the tissue has ripped. Has any of you ladies found healing from injury and bruising taking longer than usual.

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  • Jen2541
    Jen2541 Takingtime

    Posted

    YES! I think this is definitely a meno thing. I had a very minor fall this summer, bruise was surprisingly big with swelling, and it has healed at a glacial pace. Had white blood cells checked and everything was fine. You are not alone!

  • suzanne38885
    suzanne38885 Takingtime

    Posted

    Hi, I am a massage therapist, I don't want to frighten but it is possible you have deep vein thrombosis, your therapist should have asked if you had any recent injuries, in order to avoid these areas, deep bruising can take a long time to heal, massaging these bruises can cause clots to break apart (this is exactly what bruising is) the clots can then travel around the blood stream causing untold damage. Please go to hospital or out of hours surgery for blood test to check for dvt

    • Takingtime
      Takingtime suzanne38885

      Posted

      Thank you Suzanne, I cant deny the the thought never crossed my mind. Honestly I never would have thought to tell her as it seemed to be better.....just occasionally felt tight upon touching it at times, and because I normally have tight muscles, I thought when she was rubbing that area she was just releasing the tightness, it wasn't until last night that I felt the pain just like the day I fell.I will see a doctor this weekend.....and have them have a look....unfortunately testing they dont do over the weekend.......and there is no visible signs, like swelling, hot redness, just a slight bruising.SO I just hope its not on of these things where they say its nothing without checking.

  • Guest
    Guest Takingtime

    Posted

    I would NOT be massaging that spot or rubbing it just in case it formed a blood clot, maybe get it X-rayed...

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