Guest guest Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Any swelling? Has he been on any antibiotics recently? My mom ruptured her tendon after taking Cipro. Apparently, this can happen in about 1% of the population. Robyn ________________________________ From: <thecolemans4@...> < > Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 8:14:32 PM Subject: Diagnose this? Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Yes it can make the tendons hypoxic. Diagnose this? Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hey Robyn, I didn't see swelling yet. MY husband had severe tendon spasms from Cipro too. I refused to let him finish the course because I had heard about them rupturing. It took a while for the pain ot ease up. He took Cefzil a couple of weeks ago - not sure. Thanks, ________________________________ From: Robyn & Greg Coggins <rngcoggs@...> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 10:21:59 PM Subject: Re: Diagnose this?  Any swelling? Has he been on any antibiotics recently? My mom ruptured her tendon after taking Cipro. Apparently, this can happen in about 1% of the population. Robyn ____________ _________ _________ __ From: <thecolemans4> <groups (DOT) com> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 8:14:32 PM Subject: Diagnose this? Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 , I don¹t know the diagnosis, but have some ideas. So I¹ll ramble for a little bit. I had the weirdest experience once. I was up late working on a project on the floor. I was sitting on my foot. I sat that way for hours (I was quite comfortable). When I got up, I had stretched something in my foot to the point where I couldn¹t flex it to pick it up when I walked. It was so bizarre. I had no pain, but NO ability to flex my foot. It took a couple of weeks to get the strength back. If I hadn¹t known exactly what I had done, I think I would have feared a stroke! I ended up wearing some boots that held my foot at a right angle so I could walk (otherwise my foot just dragged and twisted out from under me). After a few days, it occurred to me that I could splint it in my sleep by jamming my foot down inside a pillowcase (so that my ankle was supported at a right angle... with my heel in the corner of the pillowcase). I stuffed a pillow into the case front of my leg (inside of the pillowcase) to hold it in place. My ankle really didn¹t get any better until I started doing this. The first morning after I did it there was a marked improvement. So, my point is, if your son has pulled or torn something, he may benefit from some sort of support for a while while he rebuilds the strength in his ankle. I know there are splints, exercises, tape methods, etc. A sports therapist would probably have great ideas. I walked into the clinic last year with my runner son and they almost fixed him up on the spot with a little electronic stimulation. They really know their stuff. I found the below link about taping (I was gymnast in high school and ended up having my ankle taped like this every practice because I kept turning my ankle... it provided great support. I remember beginning to twist my ankle and feeling the tape catch me and save me from injuring it again). http://sportsmedicine.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya & zTi=1 & sdn=sportsmedicine & cdn=health & tm=11 & f=20 & tt=14 & bt=1 & bts=1 & zu=http%3A//www.emedicine.com/sports /topic143.htm I guess he should probably have it examined. Then you can figure out what to do to help him prevent injuring it more. And there¹s always Ibuprofin if he is having inflammation. Hang in there. Isn¹t it always something? Can¹t we just have dull day every once in a while? Hugs, Caroline G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 little boys will be boys and we have had a broken arm (bunk bed) sprained ankle (tree climbing), Regular bouts with scraps and bruises (bike riding and playing ball). It probably has nothing to do with Autism, take him to a pediatric Orthopedic doc and get an Xray! Bill From: <thecolemans4@...> Subject: Diagnose this? " " < > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 11:14 PM Â Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Truly - it is great to see him taking bumps and spills. He's the CFIDS kid, and I'm so grateful to see him running (a little) and playing, and not being so quick to cry over a bump and bruise. He has really toughened up.  Right now he's just falling for no obvious reason - but that can be a CFIDS thing I think, from my experience. I don't think he actually sprained anything ... I'm assuming it's growing pains and maybe there's something like tendons being loose right before a growth spurt? (does that happen?) - but just don't want to ignore it if it's been happening so often that he would tell me it keeps giving out on him every day when he's just walking.  Last time I ignored his complaint and made him walk when he said his hip was hurting, it turned out he had synovitis.  But really, I went thru some spells where just walking was dangerous for me too, and it passed. I'll pop in to the doc-in-the-box if it keeps on... Thanks:) ________________________________ From: Bill klimas <klimas_bill@...> Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 8:28:07 AM Subject: Re: Diagnose this?  little boys will be boys and we have had a broken arm (bunk bed) sprained ankle (tree climbing), Regular bouts with scraps and bruises (bike riding and playing ball). It probably has nothing to do with Autism, take him to a pediatric Orthopedic doc and get an Xray! Bill From: <thecolemans4> Subject: Diagnose this? " " <groups (DOT) com> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 11:14 PM  Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hey, yeah. Advil! My instinct says there's just some inflammation. Of course a foot can keep getting irritated. It was just a new complaint that I had sort of noticed but didn't pay attention, so I sat down and posted a note. I don't think it's bad or anything, but worth watching. You are SO right about sports medicine docs. I got more relief from my chronic pain w/fibromyalgia and just CFS in general by going to a spectacular sports med doc here. His physician's assistant is a physiatrist, a little known field I think, and is truly the magician. I finally know that I don't have to live with pain anymore. Anyone who has chronic pain, even though Fibromyalgia and CFS pain are due to the immune system, should at least check out a sports med doc or a DO - even better if you can find a physiatrist too. And Toradol shots ... wow. Thanks, ________________________________ From: Caroline Glover <sfglover@...> Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 8:20:26 AM Subject: Re: Diagnose this?  , I don¹t know the diagnosis, but have some ideas. So I¹ll ramble for a little bit. I had the weirdest experience once. I was up late working on a project on the floor. I was sitting on my foot. I sat that way for hours (I was quite comfortable) . When I got up, I had stretched something in my foot to the point where I couldn¹t flex it to pick it up when I walked. It was so bizarre. I had no pain, but NO ability to flex my foot. It took a couple of weeks to get the strength back. If I hadn¹t known exactly what I had done, I think I would have feared a stroke! I ended up wearing some boots that held my foot at a right angle so I could walk (otherwise my foot just dragged and twisted out from under me). After a few days, it occurred to me that I could splint it in my sleep by jamming my foot down inside a pillowcase (so that my ankle was supported at a right angle... with my heel in the corner of the pillowcase). I stuffed a pillow into the case front of my leg (inside of the pillowcase) to hold it in place. My ankle really didn¹t get any better until I started doing this. The first morning after I did it there was a marked improvement. So, my point is, if your son has pulled or torn something, he may benefit from some sort of support for a while while he rebuilds the strength in his ankle. I know there are splints, exercises, tape methods, etc. A sports therapist would probably have great ideas. I walked into the clinic last year with my runner son and they almost fixed him up on the spot with a little electronic stimulation. They really know their stuff. I found the below link about taping (I was gymnast in high school and ended up having my ankle taped like this every practice because I kept turning my ankle... it provided great support. I remember beginning to twist my ankle and feeling the tape catch me and save me from injuring it again). http://sportsmedici ne.about. com/gi/o. htm?zi=1/ XJ/Ya & zTi= 1 & sdn=sportsmedi cine & cdn=health & tm=11 & f=20 & tt=14 & bt= 1 & bts=1 & zu= http%3A// www.emedicine. com/sports /topic143.htm I guess he should probably have it examined. Then you can figure out what to do to help him prevent injuring it more. And there¹s always Ibuprofin if he is having inflammation. Hang in there. Isn¹t it always something? Can¹t we just have dull day every once in a while? Hugs, Caroline G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 I don't believe that is a side effect of a cephalosporin antibiotic. Advil for the inflammation is a good idea and then you could monitor him to see if it improves. If no, then you could opt for the xray. All the best, Robyn ________________________________ From: <thecolemans4@...> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 8:32:41 PM Subject: Re: Diagnose this? Hey Robyn, I didn't see swelling yet. MY husband had severe tendon spasms from Cipro too. I refused to let him finish the course because I had heard about them rupturing. It took a while for the pain ot ease up. He took Cefzil a couple of weeks ago - not sure. Thanks, ____________ _________ _________ __ From: Robyn & Greg Coggins <rngcoggssbcglobal (DOT) net> groups (DOT) com Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 10:21:59 PM Subject: Re: Diagnose this? Any swelling? Has he been on any antibiotics recently? My mom ruptured her tendon after taking Cipro. Apparently, this can happen in about 1% of the population. Robyn ____________ _________ _________ __ From: <thecolemans4> <groups (DOT) com> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 8:14:32 PM Subject: Diagnose this? Hi, My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when he hit a certain spot from the pain. I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or something? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Our Daughter has the same problem,and ankle givs to one side quite ofte,i remember when i was younger it also happened to me,we just strap it rub i arnica and often will give arnica remedy as well,brufen for pain and usually after a few days she is ok .it sure is pretty sore On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 3:14 AM, <thecolemans4@...>wrote: > > > Hi, > My son says he needs to go to the doctor because his ankle keeps giving out > to the side every day. I saw it happen today and he was just walking thru > the yard and twisted his ankle and fell. Then he said his foot hurts deep > inside too. My husband rubbed in the arch of his foot and he flinched when > he hit a certain spot from the pain. > I wonder if he bruised his arch or is having some kind of tendonitis or > something? > Thanks, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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