Rolled my ankle into a cabbage patch leg!
Posted by newhappyrainbow@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 10 comments
No one outside of my narrow age range gets what a cabbage patch leg looks like. My other leg is normal looking but I’m not giving that shit away for free! Lmao.
oflimiteduse@reddit
As a chronic ankle roller ouch!
Zagmut@reddit
Whatever fatty 🙄
Jk! I've done the same thing too many times, and worse! Double broken ankle club represent!
Get you some rest, ice as needed, compression, and elevation (and if needed a shitload of ibuprofen and acetomen; 400mg ibu and 1000mg ace, alternating every 4 hours, and no booze cuz it'll fuck up your liver and rot your stomach). Hope you get better soon, and be aware that the more you roll those ankles, the more they are inclined to roll.
SnowMission6612@reddit
The "ice" part is a bit contentious these days. There was a study about 10-ish years ago that showed that heat works better than ice (basically heat makes it hurt worse, but it accelerates healing). I had a friend going through her nursing degree after that study and I think things were a bit inconsistent with some people saying to use ice and some people saying to use heat.
I'm a lifelong frequent ankle sprainer (for a while I would sprain at least 1 ankle a year, it seemed, though I'm much better at preventing them now). The last time I did it I tried heat and maybe it's just my imagination, but it felt like my ankle got back to normal much faster than usual. Anyway I'm team heat now.
Zagmut@reddit
Lol, I read your first sentence in my inbox and thought you were gonna make a joke about the federal agency ICE.
I think you are correct, though. Icing a soft tissue injury reduces swelling and pain, but the modern understanding is that damaged tissue swells and is painful for good reason; it keeps the injured person from re-injuring the damaged tissue. Also, the swelling increases blood flow to the injury, providing more oxygen and critical materials to the area while also flushing damaged tissue and waste away from the area faster than usual.
My scant medical training is in backcountry and outdoor emergency care, where the priority is to keep the patient stable and pain-free as possible while transporting them to definitive care. In the backcountry, icing or cooling an injury is still used to alleviate pain while getting someone to a level of care that will cure the injury; we don't cure in the backcountry, we stabilize and do our best to not do further harm.
You're right that my advice to ice is outdated for someone who is safely at home. Word to OP, fuck ICE.
duckduckpajamas@reddit
I don't know what the fuck any of that means
newhappyrainbow@reddit (OP)
Cabbage patch leg
duckduckpajamas@reddit
Oh you mean cabbage patch kid's leg. I know what the cabbage patch kid is. I think your wording just confused me and probably a lot of people lol
newhappyrainbow@reddit (OP)
I wasn’t aware of any other “cabbage patch” I could be referring to! But I’m happy to offer the additional picture.
duckduckpajamas@reddit
Yeah sorry I wasn't trying to be an asshole, just the term cabbage patch leg wasn't in my lexicon I guess. It legitimately confused me lol
newhappyrainbow@reddit (OP)
I’m not offended. I’m sorry you are getting down votes.