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Get it checked. I had a lower leg bruise that turned into compartment syndrome, it nearly killed me and I was lucky my leg wasn’t amputated.
Photo isn’t me but I had the incision on both sides of my leg.
It’s a rare condition but when it goes wrong and is left untreated it goes very very wrong.
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Sorry to hear about the injury!
Your foot looks a lot like mine did after it had been in cast for a few weeks after an Achilles rupture, which I was not expecting to see.
I didn't ask, but assumed it was blood from internal injury being pulled down there by gravity - although that could be a dumb assumption as I have no idea how it all works.
As others have said, I'd get it checked out. Remaining active on it may make things worse in the long run, if you need to rest it or get other treatment.
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I think that's normal for a bruise. Read up on compartment though and just go to A&E if worse, pain will be BAD for compartment.
You could wear a compression garment, and see a physio for some drainage.
Bruising needs time.
Again if think fractured go to A&E, GP is not going to do anything. -
I don’t know if football is a regular thing for you, and I’ll assume you’re like me and not getting any younger… all injuries seem to manifest worse with age and I’m kinda glad I was forced to stop playing when I was 28…
I’m not a medical professional, but this looks like a heavy bruise in a non-20yr old body.
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I played football last Sunday and took a pretty nasty kick on the inside of the left leg, half way down the shin. The area was heavily swollen after and I iced it on the first, second and third days and the swelling reduced. The whole leg is bruised above and particularly below the kick, all the way round. The bruising has also pooled down to the ankle and there is black / purple bruising below the ankle and along the instep of the foot. The ankle is also swollen. Soreness comes and goes, but it doesn't particularly hurt when I walk or cycle.
Is this just a bruise or something else (bone bruise or fracture?) Do I need to get it checked?
Photos attached, but it doesn't really show very clearly.
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