Last Friday, I was playing football(soccer) with university varsity team players. Tackles were thrown left and right and at one point I got tackle from behind and my ankle 'tweaked' a little. Thank god it wasn't so bad so I decided to continue playing for another 15 minutes before leaving.
Let me explain how we play, basically there is a bunch of teams and only 1 field. Those that win stay on, and those that lose come off. Long story short, the team who scores 2 goals first stays or wins after 10 minutes stays.So, you want to always give it your all to stay on and since in my case I was about to leave soon, I especially didn't want to lose so I always played hard.
Now we were facing a tough team and there we were winning 1-0 and there was maybe 30 seconds left and I see this guy about to take a shot at an open net, so I LUNGE in to STOP IT! The ball hits my foot, I stop the ball, my ankle gives and I land on it with all the force of my lunge in it.
Sure they didn't score and we won, but my ankle didn't make it... I have a third degree sprain and my ankle looks like it has elephantiasis.
I might update this with a picture later, but right now I'm too pissed about the whole "can't walk right for 4-5 weeks"
Anyways, the doctor said I need a walking boot, so I got one for 150$ (Canadian albeit). All I have to say it's really expensive, but it truly helps.
So did any of you get a walking boot before? or sprained ankle? How did you guys go about the whole "I can't walk faster than .5km/hour thing? Any general advice beside the "don't put weight on it"?