Dave’s Sprained Ankle
Sprained Ankle, The First Night
I’m learning a lot about what an actual ankle injury is really like. After a fun, if short, ice climbing season, Jess and I were climbing at The Spot, our local bouldering gym, when I fell from near the top of one of the boulders. It was a pretty typical fall and shouldn’t have resulted in an injury, but I managed to land on the very corner of one of the big crash pads. Instead of landing on my amply-padded butt, my right foot stuck to the mat and twisted underneath me as I rolled off to the side. It was immediately clear that this was way more than your typical twisted ankle.
I took some Advil after getting back home and put some ice on my ankle, but it was obvious the next morning that I couldn’t go to work. I couldn’t even put any weight onto my ankle. Instead I hopped around the house as I tried to make an appointment to see an orthopedist. Jess was able to pick me up in the afternoon and drive me into Boulder where I hopped up the stairs and into the doctor’s office. After a little ribbing about not having crutches, nor having been to the ER the night before, they x-rayed my leg to look for breaks. As it turns out, I was free of broken bones, but I’d clearly badly injured my ankle. The doctor prescribed this brace for three weeks followed by a few weeks of physical therapy.
After about 6-8 weeks, I was finally moving around pretty well, but the ankle is still a little weak and prone to aggravation. It’s a little sad that the injury resulted from such a mundane fall, but I guess some stories just aren’t as good as others.
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The Gribblog » The Emperor’s New Shoes - March 29th, 2009
[...] We’ve been sitting on a 20% off coupon from REI and our annual dividend since they came out last month. The dividend isn’t all that big because we like to buy our outdoor gear from a variety of different stores, but it’s nice to take advantage of the two together when you plan to buy something expensive. I’m a bit miserly regarding some purchases, and I definately think $130.00 for some shoes a bit ridiculous. After trying on quite a few different shoes and sizes, I’d settled on the Mythos from La Sportiva. The fit is actually a bit similar to my old Cliffs with a slightly different toe box. I kept trying on slightly smaller sizes looking for just the right fit until REI ran out of shoes. The size 40 (euro sizes) was the smallest the salesman could find. It felt pretty good, but I would have preferred trying on the next smaller size in order to really make certain that the 40 was the right size for me. I also discovered that my right foot is a bit larger than my left foot. I don’t recall this being the case in the past, so maybe it’s a side effect from the bad sprain I suffered last year from a climbing fall. (Read the blog post here.) [...]
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