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What Causes Bruising And Soreness In The Ankles?

My ankle is throbbing left ankle outer and inner part are kinda purple I m a dancer and am on pointe for 9 months now but just started increasing more at home and at dance and to get to what happend my ankle sickled from pirouette position down right foot in retire and my left twisted itself into a knot I didn t think anything of it till a day and a half ago when it started swelling more.
Mon, 23 May 2016
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hi,

thank-you for providing the brief history of you.

As you have pain and bruising with discoloration of the skin in the lateral side of the feet I suspect it to be stress injury. for which a clinical examination is advised followed by an x-ray

As you are a dancer having a stress injury is common and have to be treated after a thorough clinical examination.

Also, there may be a stress fracture or a ligament injury. My be a vascular insufficiency as well.

After a thorough clinical examination and an x-ray the next course of action is advised.

In my clinical practice such cases respond well to physical therapy.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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What Causes Bruising And Soreness In The Ankles?

hi, thank-you for providing the brief history of you. As you have pain and bruising with discoloration of the skin in the lateral side of the feet I suspect it to be stress injury. for which a clinical examination is advised followed by an x-ray As you are a dancer having a stress injury is common and have to be treated after a thorough clinical examination. Also, there may be a stress fracture or a ligament injury. My be a vascular insufficiency as well. After a thorough clinical examination and an x-ray the next course of action is advised. In my clinical practice such cases respond well to physical therapy. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel