My Ankle Joint Rupture - What a unlucky mess!
Dear Steemians,
it has been a while since I've posted something and there is much to be told, but the most recent event is definitely my ankle joint rupture - actually multiple of them referring to my right one.
After all the trouble and the fact that I am now able to use my foot again, I thought it would be quiet interesting to deal with the topic and its theoretical background - so here we go!
What happened?
Well ... I drilled one run over and over again and I was already quiet exhausted since it happend close the end of my training session. I was so focused on the last move that I was not concentrating on the previous jumps - resulting in a lack of body tension!
Jumping from one obstacle to another my foot barely connected to the next one and I sprained my ankle.
I have to mention that at this point my ankle was already predamaged, so it was more prone for a serious injury, but it could have still been easily avoidable - bad luck I'd say ...
E = ½ · m · v² sucks!
Just to understand the theoretical background: velocity has a much bigger impact on the kinetic energy than mass.
If you double the mass, you double the energy - but if you double the speed, you quadruplicate the energy!
At that time I weight about 85 kilos (I got a bit skinnier now) and jumping is always connected to speed - comprehensible right?
The problem with ligaments is that they are not as elastic as e.g. a tendon, therefore an ligament injury in e.g. the ankle joint is the most common trauma you are confronted with in sports.
Nevertheless there are always a lot of factors leading to an injury - bad luck might also be one of them!
What is the result?
First of all - enjoy some low quality pictures of my ankle!
I actually didn't intended to do a post back then (reason for those smartphone photos), but due to its whole extent there is now away around that I guess, so have a look if you are not scared of a humans foot.
When my doc saw the mess, he bet that it was broken - actually it was not!
Besides of a lot of ankle bruises and strains (especially in my Achilles tendon and my calve muscles) I got a huge effusion of blood (haematoma) that got worse and worse and a oedema that made my calf feel like sludge. The most damage was done to two of my outer ankle ligaments. The CFL and ATL were partially ruptured to a high degree, so that they almost snapped. Therefore an operation was not necessary. Nevertheless it is nice to know that it is easier to recover from a total ligament rupture than from a partial rupture, but you should never underestimate an surgery.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons [Link]
My ankle got supportet by a I had to walked on my left leg supported by crutches for couple of weeks, which was really annoying considering that we are in the winter season here - it was so dangerously slippery! My Doctor even had a suspicion after 2-3 weeks that I might be affected of thrombosis even though I took prophylaxis injections daily to prevent that from happening - luckily he was completely wrong with that.
For now I am working with my physiotherapist to help my ankle to work properly again. I am able to walk now, but I am really far away of having the conditions of a sportsman.
Unfortunately I had a similar injury concerning that joint a couple of years ago, so even after its full recovery it will stay thicker than my left one - I can live with that!
The really hard part will be the fight against my muscular imbalances between my two legs as well as the general mobility.
I think I will share with you guys some insights on my rehabilitation training, which might be interesting!
Until then...
See you soon! #SteemOn
Noogie
Good luck with the recovery sir. Also focus on getting your ROM (Range of motion) back. In my opinion this is even more crucial than the muscular imbalances.
Thanks mate I will keep that in mind!