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Ankle/Foot Pain

  • 30-01-2014 10:22am
    #1
    mugs11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Not necessarily looking for medical advice here...

    Been running/playing football for the past couple of months but my right ankle decided it had enough last night. I didn't twist it to my knowledge but when I got home I was in a bit of discomfort. Elevated it for the evening but woke up this morning and the pain is worse (on the outside of the foot). I can walk on it, just about, but if I tilt my foot in certain directions it's incredibly sore. It's not swollen.

    Anyway, what I'm wondering is who do I go to see first: doctor or physio? And will they be sending me to get a MRI done on it?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    average_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    mugs11 wrote: »
    Not necessarily looking for medical advice here...

    Been running/playing football for the past couple of months but my right ankle decided it had enough last night. I didn't twist it to my knowledge but when I got home I was in a bit of discomfort. Elevated it for the evening but woke up this morning and the pain is worse (on the outside of the foot). I can walk on it, just about, but if I tilt my foot in certain directions it's incredibly sore. It's not swollen.

    Anyway, what I'm wondering is who do I go to see first: doctor or physio? And will they be sending me to get a MRI done on it?

    Thanks.


    Physio be the way to go


  • #3
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    I'd certainly get it looked at. I failed to do the same a couple of years ago when I tore ligaments and I suffered for it. It's better to have it checked and seek advice on how best to train while recovering.


  • #4
    Itziger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,047 ✭✭✭Itziger


    average_runner wrote: »
    Physio be the way to go

    With all due respect, how does the person know he should go to a physio if he doesn't know what the problem is?

    My humble opinion, go to a doctor who will refer you to whatever s/he feels needs to be done. That may very well be a scan, the results of which are sent to your doctor.... and so on.


  • #5
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Itziger wrote: »
    With all due respect, how does the person know he should go to a physio if he doesn't know what the problem is?

    My humble opinion, go to a doctor who will refer you to whatever s/he feels needs to be done. That may very well be a scan, the results of which are sent to your doctor.... and so on.

    Without going into medical detail (and down the route of medical advice which is prohibited as per charter) based off the information given on how the pain came on it seems to be of a skeletomuscular disorder as opposed to an illness.

    You are right that a doctor may well send on for the scans but GP's by their nature are general in the approach and as such can be a roundabout way to the same conclusion (i.e a referral to a physio/ therapist)

    It should also be noted that physio's/ therapists also refer to GP's if they rule the injury to be outside their field of practice.


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