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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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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.