Well I've tried a few of the following:

• Up on toes, walk on toes
  
  • can do this one but does get a bit sore
• Up on heels, walk on heels
  • No problems here as this is how I was walking around when it first happened.
• Stand on outside of foot, then walk on outside of foot
  • This is the really painful one. Not ready to put any weight on it at this point as just stretching into this position hurts like hell!
• Stand on inside of foot, then walk on inside of foot.
  • Another eay one to do. No pain from this, but then the injury was the outside of the foot.
• Slowly wriggle you ankle every which way you can (you are probably already trying to do this) including backwards, forwards, sidewards,etc.
  • Forwards, inwards and backwards at every extreme is sore, but outwards is just stiff. Clearly more work needed on the outer part of the ankle

So there we have it. I feel confident enought o do some (very) light jogging, and will probably go with cycling for the time being, but anything involving turning the ankle inwards is still pretty sore. More time off still needed I think, now if I can just keep my sanity I might just be alright!!

ADZ

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Simple things to do within the limits of pain:

• Up on toes, walk on toes
• Up on heels, walk on heels
• Stand on outside of foot, then walk on outside of foot
• Stand on inside of foot, then walk on inside of foot.
• Slowly wriggle you ankle every which way you can (you are probably already trying to do this) including backwards, forwards, sidewards,etc.

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No xrays, no Physio, no crutches. I started off struggling and limping the best I could, I even had to get my wife to drive me to work because I couldn't press the clutch pedal down!

But all being well the ankle is recovering slowly (too slowly for my liking!), and once I get my ankle brace I'm going to back to solo routines on court to keep my eye in. I think it was a blessing in disguise that I bought the ankle brace from the states, as it is taking a long time to arrive and I won't go back on court without it.

Yesterday was the first day that I could visibly see the swelling had gone down, and the initial bruising around the ankle bone and down through the topof the foot is slowly fading. The strength is no where near what it needs to be to even jog lightly, but the pain becomes less levery day and the movement increases.

Anyone with ankle strengthening exercises please post something up and I'll tell you how well they work.

Cheers!

A very bored ADZ!!

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Yep Adz sitting on the sideline is no fun.

Did you go to the Pnysio and/or have an X-ray?  Well, I know the "good talk" is circulation (blood flow to promote the healing); joint mobility (to keep a full range of movement in the joint).

So you are on crutches, or putting the foot to the floor and hobbling?

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