Yes, that is my right foot - and yes, I do have an ankle bone under there - somewhere.
I didn't have a particularly good morning today. Rolled my ankle while walking down a step on a bush trail today. I ended up on the ground on my back in the 'turtle position' - thanks to a 16.5kg pack - thinking that I had just broken my ankle. My life didn't flash before my eyes but my holiday did. Anyway, I picked myself up, hobbled for 20mins back to the car & prompted burst into tears while on the phone to TigerAngel. I have never rolled an ankle before (touch wood) so it's quite a novelty really. I've spent the rest of the day on my butt, either on the couch watching cr*p daytime tv with my foot elevated or in the bathroom with my foot in a bucket of icy water. Nice.
It could be worse I suppose. Thankfully I didn't brake it. But I've got a heck of a lot of work to do to get the swelling down before I get on the plane to Nepal in 8 sleeps time....
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Oh dear. Hang in there with the ice and crap daytime TV ... I'm sure you will be fine. And if you get hooked on Bold & The Beautiful don't despair, when you get back I'll fill you on what happens while you're away :)
so ruth and i are checking our gear before heading out to start the overland track.
one of the guides roles her ankle inside the 'basecamp'.
which i have to admit whilst not being terribly inspiring we were pretty worried about her ability to do the trek.
a bit of tape on her swollen ankle and she trekked the whole way with a 20kg+ pack no problems.
even hauled it up and down mt ossa.
and theres nothing wrong with bold and beautiful.
happy healing.
Nasty. Hope the bruise comes out fast so you can start walking around.
Argh. 8 sleeps ? You'll be fine.
Hey Jen,
read this:
http://www.scottjurek.com/blog/2007/08/23/ankle-rehab-for-hardrock/
Good luck with the recovery!
OUCH! Hope you are feeling better! You will heal quickly because you are young and an athlete!
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