Another Overdue Ankle Update
T he few who actually follow this blog probably think that since I haven't mentioned my ankle injury lately that my ankle is back to normal. That is not true. No news isn't always good news. While it is true that the swelling is down and the pain has subsided quite a bit, I am still walking delicately on that ankle and my range of motion is still fairly limited. When I do too much walking, it still swells a bit. Then the ice packs come out and I'm still resting with the ankle elevated too. The pain, for the most part, isn't nearly as bad now. I do get twinges of excruciating pain when I do something stupid like put too much weight on it or trip when working in the yard but, overall, the pain is just a dull ache most of the time. I'm also getting weird tingling in my ankle like I have one of those useless, torturous TENS units attached to my ankle. Sometimes it develops like pins and needles. I assume these types of sensations and pain is a sign of my ankl