bone chips, etc.

[seldear]

Has anyone ever chipped a bone before?

Does it hurt very much? I have this ache in my inside shin, just above my ankle bone, where I clashed legs in a lunchtime soccer comp yesterday. It's supposed to be an easy going comp so I don't wear shinpads.

But it's aching and it doesn't feel quite like a muscle ache or bruise. So I'm just wondering if maybe it's a chipped bone or something...

Comments

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm thinking that maybe I bruised the bone. It feels sore, but there's no swelling or bruising on the skin, just a low-level ache most of the time...

I'll take the *hugs* and skip the Ibuprofen. Not a fan of painkillers.

[sg-wonderland.livejournal.com]

I chipped a bone in my finger not once, but twice. It was extremely painful, very bruised and very swollen. The doctor said I would have been far better off to just have broken it. So, based on personall experience, I'd have to say you'd know it if the bone was chipped. But you may still need an Xray, just to be on the safe side.

[seldearslj.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm coming to the conclusion that it's not, simply because the pain just isn't strong enough.

Ah well. I'm just as glad to have dodged that bullet. :)

[gunhilda.livejournal.com]

You've already gotten some answers, but I chipped a kneecap and an elbow in separate instances. The kneecap instance was very painful (I dislocated it, so there was much swelling), the elbow, not so much. I mean, it was bruised and slightly swollen, but I didn't know I'd chipped it until I could feel the chip floating around under the skin after the swelling had gone down.

Bone bruises can be quite unpleasant, as well.