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Physiotherapist thinks Ankle is fine... Help?

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gremlin168
gremlin168

Firstly I would like to apologise for the badly worded thread I made the other night and anyone I may have lashed out at, I was extremely annoyed with my NHS appointment.

Again for a little backstory, I had a routine avulsion fracture of the Lateral Malleolus two years ago, I had an X-ray, confirmed the fracture and put in an Aircast boot for 6 weeks and away to go. 

Only problem is I have had ongoing pain for two years around that area (constantly) and issues with the foot / ankle in general since. The pain isn't agonising,  debilitating and I can walk okay which is why it took me so long to get it looked at again. I just thought after so long surely it can't be right having those feelings.

Well, I had another X-ray done a few months back, it looked okay and all she mentioned was there was scarring on the bone where it had healed, fair enough.  I was recommended to go to Physiotherapy (which I have never found helpful), after four weeks of exercise I explained to the therapist it wasn't any better, she told me this is normal and to carry on and she isn't going to forward me for a scan regardless of whether the Physio works or not and advised me to ask my GP.

Problem is I highly, highly doubt an NHS GP will refer me for an MRI scan and I think I will need to go privately, which is an option, it's just a shame to have to pay out hundreds for something the NHS could do, but refuse to do.

Some of my symptoms are - 

Constant ache in the area above the left ball of my ankle

Repeated sprains / general weakness compared to my other ankle

More frequent pins and needles sensation in that ankle

Walking with a limp etc

It doesn't seem to swell or bruise but I don't want to keep having to put up with it my whole life, surely there is something going on?    At the end of the day if I see an ankle specialist, get an MRI scan get a decent explaination even if theres nothing they can do that will be fine for me.  But at the moment it's all so vague from the NHS.

Any ideas or help?  

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  • kristina73093
    kristina73093 gremlin168

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    Sounds like possible ligament damage. I had a fracture of my talus 3 years ago and it wasn't treated properly. Led to 3 surgeries.

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