My son sprained his ankle while riding motocross when his foot got pulled off the peg by a deep rut.
We did the RICE treatment and the swelling went down within a few hours. He rested it for four weeks. The fourth week he was able to exercise and run normally with no pain or swelling so we let him ride again.
His foot hit the ground while going through a turn at practice and he immediately fell off the bike in pain. He said it felt like his foot was torn off. Yet the pain and swelling went away within the hour. We thought the problem was because his ankle was not fully healed.
This time he stayed off the bike six weeks. He had no pain or swelling and was able to run and exercise normally. Yet the first time he hit his foot on the ground while riding the shooting pain knocked him off the bike again.
We took him to an orthopedist. He thoroughly manipulated my son's foot and ankle but was unable to pinpoint or reproduce the pain. He said we did not let it heal long enough the first two times and told us to rest it a minimum of eight weeks while doing physical therapy exercises to strengthen the ankle muscles.
Eight weeks later, he was back on the ground.
I believe now that his problem isn't sprained muscles or ligaments. I think that the first sprain put a nerve in such a position that it gets pinched if his foot is impacted hard enough.
My questions are how is something like this diagnosed and how is it treated? We need to do something. He won't be able to qualify for Loretta's if we don't get this fixed soon.
PS - Isn't it aggravating that when a doctor finds out your kid was injured riding motocross, he tells him to quit. Yet if the accident happened during football, the doctors asks if he won.
We did the RICE treatment and the swelling went down within a few hours. He rested it for four weeks. The fourth week he was able to exercise and run normally with no pain or swelling so we let him ride again.
His foot hit the ground while going through a turn at practice and he immediately fell off the bike in pain. He said it felt like his foot was torn off. Yet the pain and swelling went away within the hour. We thought the problem was because his ankle was not fully healed.
This time he stayed off the bike six weeks. He had no pain or swelling and was able to run and exercise normally. Yet the first time he hit his foot on the ground while riding the shooting pain knocked him off the bike again.
We took him to an orthopedist. He thoroughly manipulated my son's foot and ankle but was unable to pinpoint or reproduce the pain. He said we did not let it heal long enough the first two times and told us to rest it a minimum of eight weeks while doing physical therapy exercises to strengthen the ankle muscles.
Eight weeks later, he was back on the ground.
I believe now that his problem isn't sprained muscles or ligaments. I think that the first sprain put a nerve in such a position that it gets pinched if his foot is impacted hard enough.
My questions are how is something like this diagnosed and how is it treated? We need to do something. He won't be able to qualify for Loretta's if we don't get this fixed soon.
PS - Isn't it aggravating that when a doctor finds out your kid was injured riding motocross, he tells him to quit. Yet if the accident happened during football, the doctors asks if he won.