fell in the box.. heel bruise?

[whoadude42]

yesterday at practice the pole stood me up. i was an idiot and didnt hold on.. i came down in the box on my right heel. It is really painful and i cant put any weight on my heel at all. it feels a little better if i walk on my toes though. it also sort of shot up my shin and hurts there too..
is it just a bad bruise? or something else..
how long will it take to get better?

[powerplant42]

Ice it and wrap it. RIGHT NOW! Then take some aspirin or ibuprofen to help with the swelling. Stay off of it for a few days, and if you don't see any improvement it could be something serious, so you should see a doctor. Worse case is it's a subdermal hematoma and a heel fracture.

[wisvaulter17]

[quote="powerplant42"]Ice it and wrap it. RIGHT NOW! Then take some aspirin or ibuprofen to help with the swelling. Stay off of it for a few days, and if you don't see any improvement it could be something serious, so you should see a doctor. Worse case is it's a subdermal hematoma and a heel fracture.[/quote]

Listen to Powerplant I did this same thing back on Apr. 5 and i was out for pretty much the rest of the season with a fracutred heel because i didnt let it heal right and kept running on it! But i would go see a doctor if it still hurts in a few days because it might be worse than a heel bruise. safty first.

[theflash]

I did the same exact thing 3 years ago... and guess what, I'm just getting back to training. It ended up that I fractured my heel in multiple places. It was not fun at all, but I really hope yours is much less severe.


Good luck

[VaultPurple]

yeah always roll when u hit the ground... I did the same thing at beginning of indoor so apparently this is a common injury for pole vaulters. I Iced and rubed asperncream on it and walked on my toes for about a month... It hurt for a good 3 months afterwards but i could pole vault after like 2 weeks because I sprint on my toes and really couldnt notice as long as I was sprinting.

[powerplant42]

Or try the split... I do that a lot. Just aim each foot for their respective front bun. I'm not very flexible and that hasn't hurt me for real yet.