Symptoms of Broken Ankle
If you have a fractured ankle, your symptoms probably will
include:
- Pain, swelling, tenderness and bruising at your ankle joint
- Inability to move your ankle through its normal range of motion
- Inability to bear weight on your injured ankle — However, if you can bear weight on
the ankle, don't assume there is no fracture.
- In some cases, a "crack" or "snap" in the ankle at the time of
injury
- In open fractures, severe ankle deformity, with portions of the fractured bone visible
through broken skin
Treatment of Broken Ankle
If your Broken Ankle involves only one malleolus, and the segments of
broken bone lie very close together, your doctor usually can treat the injury by
immobilizing your ankle and foot in a cast for six to eight weeks. After the cast is
removed, your doctor will prescribe physical therapy to help restore the normal range of
motion in your ankle joint.
If you have more extensive damage to your ankle, or the fragments of
broken bone are separated far from one another, your doctor will repair your fractured
ankle surgically with special screws or wires. Injuries resulting in broken skin require
antibiotics given intravenously (into a vein) to prevent infection. |
