What have I done to my foot- very painful (picture)

[Neverletmego27]

I tripped over thin air after having pins and needles...landed on the side of my foot and now it's swollen up like a golf ball on the side. What have I done to it? Anything I can do to help it heal? I've got a 40 minute walk to school in the morning.

I'd be getting a taxi for the school run! Might have just sprained it or damaged ligaments. Elevate and ice and anti inflammatories.

Err I think you've broken it

Seriously how far are you from nearest a and e?

Sorry, to expand, my daughter had a similar looking 'golf ball' on her foot after a stumble. It was a broken bone

Get an x-ray. Could be a sprain, could be a broken bone.

I also reckon you've broken that! My DH's looked like that! That's an A and E job I think.

Well you won't be walking anywhere tomorrow. That needs to be seen (non-medical but bloody hell, just look at the picture). Who else can take the kids to school? In the meantime, ice and ibuprofen.

I think it's broken! I would head to a&e!!

I'm a single mum, dd is in bed now. I didn't think it was broken! A n e in the morning I guess. It's very painful

I've borrowed some cash from a friend to get dd to school and then me to a n e in the morning. Thanks for your help mumsnet. I would never have guessed it was broken but I can feel things moving about in there! I think I have broken a bone!

I think it might be useful at this stage to come up with a worst-case-scenario plan - if it is broken, you're going to need a longer-term arrangement for school runs etc. Do any friends live close who could help?

Bleurgh-yes to making contingency plans.

I go to uni, so have a childminder part-time. Sure we can work something out there. I have good friends so i think I'll be Ok if it's broken.

It's PAD all over - pain, abnormality, deformity - so I'd say you've broken it.

I hope you haven't though.

God, what a way to describe it!! Hope your abnormal, painful deformed foot allows you some sleep!!

Ha ha ! :D My friend says she thinks it's a torn ligament but only an x-ray will tell won't it?

Might it be a ganglion? In the wrong place they can press on nerves and be agony.

I did it after a fall...fell backwards and landed on the side of my foot and heard a crunch so I doubt its anything long term like that - though it does look like it, I agree!

My sister broke her foot stepping off a kerb and going over on her foot. It looked like your foot.

Oh dear . I think the general consensus on here is that it is broken. I really hope it isn't, I've got lots of things I need to do!

Well, the swelling has gone down (but it's still there) and I can't put my foot down with unbearable pain. I'm hopping everywhere! Time to go a n e I think....

You definitely need to go to a and e, sooner rather than later in case it takes a while.

i'm afraid it looks rather like an avulsion fracture of the 5th metatarsal (typical for a foot inversion injury of the type you describe), but that can only be confirmed by an x-ray.

usually treated non-surgically, with a rather fancy immobilizing boot, with limited weight-bearing for 6 weeks.

given that you've been in no great rush to get to A&E (which is not a criticism, by the way), you might want to ring around local A&E departments to establish current waiting times before rocking up there, as you will likely be in for a long wait...

Oooh, the descriptions get worse! My husband shattered his knee cap once and his knee was described as feeling 'boggy'. Boak!! Hope you get some decent pain relief and a definite diagnosis today.