Answers: A: You can use the air cast right away, no problem. B: The treatment of choice for a sprain/strain is rest, elevation (at all times while sitting or laying), you should reduce "we...

i tore some ligaments and stretch tendions (or vice versa i know its the ligaments and tendions though...) when i played basketball and it HURT....never had to have surgery or crutches but i did ha...

wow...doing 500-600 crutches a day would get you MUCH farther than that. you're probably not doing the most effective kind, which my older brother (who's in the military and has kickass a...

it is likely that by not wearing the cast and walking on the injury you could have deloped some nerve damage or a trapped nerve. this can be very painfull

Im with everyone else on the second opinion and seeing an orthopedist! ... Fractures don't always show an initial fracture, especially if they are obtained the same day of injury. It is possib...

See another doctor. Best advice. Broken bones can take months to heal. The ligaments will probably cause you much more problem if they do not heal correctly. You probably need physical therapy....

First of all, I am sorry about your toes. Secondly, you are not supposed to rest your armpits under the crutches you want to be able to fit your hand underneath (about four to five inches below you...

I know it is weird but the dr. did the right thing it will hurt for a long time if you can get along with out the crutches then do not use them all the time and yes you could have a pinched nerve h...

I would just suggest staying on crutches for a while. Your foot will heal and be just fine. I would also follow R. I. C.E. Rest. Avoid using the sprained joint or putting weight on it. Ice. A...

I do not know hunny. i am the smae way. i cannot afford to miss any day at school for any period of time. I've had my ACL fixed over the summer so I didn't have to worry there, I had cart...

sure, crunches tighten the muscles & could cause these feelings

I stepped off of a curb onto the street one time, felt a bang in my calf muscle and could not bear weight on it at all. Turns out it was a torn muscle, the gastroc I think it was. Hurt like crazy. ...

Ouch...sprains hurt worse that breaks, so I sympathize with the pain. I've sprained my ankles more times than I care to remember. What I do is 20 minutes of heat (warm bath water) and then 2...

I know you are frustrated with the crutches.. but if you don't give the injury a reasonable time to heal properly, you will re-injure it quite easily. If I was you, I'd have to follow th...

That sucks. Maybe it stems from HOW you hurt your ankle? Where you doing something that made them angry? Or, it's possible that they think you are lying about it, and they may be trying to ...