What major sports injuries have you suffered? (6 Viewers)

[Terminalxylem]

Just the major stuff, which required medical evaluation, treatment, and/or incapacitated you for a while. My list:

Herniated disc in lumbar spine. Happened while doing seated rows, trying to keep up with my 220 pound roommate (I weighed 165 at the time). Age 34. Required a bunch of PT.

Tibia-fibula fracture while skiing, “boot top fracture” after hitting tree submerged in deep snow. Age 37. Required surgical repair, PT.

Hamstring tear while rock climbing. Age 53. Required surgery, PT.

That’s the major stuff. Also cracked a bone in my thumb, after I hit a UPS truck cycling, just needed a splint. Subluxed shoulder from mountain bike endo, required cortisone shot. One bad ankle sprain, trail running, requiring PT. A couple of cortisone shots for tennis elbow.

What you got?

 

[NewlyRetired]

Torn ligaments in both ankles in consecutive years. Long periods of time on crutches and eventually needed braces for both ankles to keep playing.

One ankle hurt playing soccer, the other playing basketball.

 

[General Malaise]

Got my wife pregnant with twins in 2014. Resulted in surgery on my scrotum to make sure that never happened again.

 

[Joe Schmo]

Got my wife pregnant with twins in 2014. Resulted in surgery on my scrotum to make sure that never happened again.

Abstinence is the best policy

 

[SecondCity23]

Broken jaw playing basketball. It sucked.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Ran the anchor of my junior high 4x100 relay team on an indoor track. The tight turn on the first corner caused a stress fracture in my 2nd metatarsal. We still won.


Playing touch football when I was fatter. Pushed off with my left foot and...rrrrrriiiiipppp goes my calf muscle. Thought it was my Achilles tendon but thankfully wasn't.
Doctor told me to walk it off. Did not return to that doctor.

 

[urbanhack]

I've been extremely lucky. Played a lot of sports over the years.

Hyper-extended thumb (maybe fractured) playing softball in college
Plantar Fasciitis about 5 years ago from disc golf

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Lots and lots of hurt, never injury that needed medical care from sports. Probably should have a few times, got a little hitch in a few giddy ups, but nothing rubbing a little dirt on it couldn't fix.

Torn meniscus from a non sports related thing has been the worst of it.

Non medical issues:

Planter fasciitis from running a half marathon in vibram 5 finger "shoes"

Tennis elbow from curling dumbbells i had no business curling

Sciatica from a blinside check in a hockey game

Busted jaw, hockey, things get personal sometimes, still have a painful click 25 years later.

Probably a bunch more, but those stick out.

 

[Sullie]

Broke an ankle playing basketball one summer when I was home from college for the summer. . . but not like Allen Iverson type of opponent made a killer move on me and "broke my ankles" but more like, I went up for a rebound, came down on someone's foot, bam, broke my ankle and then I spent the rest of the summer on crutches. That was fun and zOMG did that smell awesome getting a half leg cast removed after 8 weeks of summer activity! Yikes!

 

[B Maverick]

Soccer:
Tore the ACL in both knees on separate occasions.
Broken nose

Pickup Basketball
Fractured elbow

Have pulled my hamstrings a couple times and the bruising turned the back of my legs basically black. No surgery, just healing time.

 

[Softballguy]

Torn ACL when I was 18.

Much worse, fell when I was 44 and injured my spine. The word "severe" was used in my medical report for my C5/C6. Had horrible nerve pain in my arms and hands for a while. Oddly enough I went on a heavy dose of gabapentin to relieve the nerve pain, which worked, but I was able to ween myself off completely throughout my second run of 75 hard. I still have somewhat poor mobility with my head and neck, and my neck often hurts when I sleep, but overall it's doing better than expected.

 

[TLEF316]

In terms of actual traumatic INJURIES that required tons of down time and medical treatment. Thankfully not that much. Just in my early 40's, so there's still time....

A bunch of sprained ankles over the years (primarily basketball) including a few that probably were more than just simple sprains (one in particular my junior year of college) where I just kinda walked around on them and waited to heal.

Broken hand that required surgery like 15 years ago.

I've always had weak hip flexors which led to my back going out for a week or 2 many times over the years. (starting when I was only like 15)

The thing that really wrecked me (to the point where I was never the same athlete) was a bout with Sciatica when I was only 26 years old. Had the aforementioned hip/back issue....tried to power through it...pinched the nerve so bad that I couldn't stand for more than 2 or 3 minutes for about 6 weeks. Actually got really lucky to avoid MAJOR injury, as I passed out from the pain getting out of the shower one morning and missed cracking my head on the toilet by inches.

Pretty sure I suffered some sort of long-term nerve damage, as for YEARS after that I would get incredibly painful cramping and muscle spasms in my left calf (pulsates like an alien is about to burst out) that would cause me to wake up in the middle of the night. My leg would also randomly just totally seize up if I tried to jump off of it or push off with any kind of force. Went from being able to dunk a volleyball (I'm only about 5'11) at 26 years old to never being able to even touch the rim again.

Still play in a pretty competitive basketball league (mostly guys in their 20's or 30s'. I'm one of the 4 or 5 oldest guys now) but I ever tear a knee or god-forbid an Achilles, I'm probably done and it will just be golf going forward

 

[FairWarning]

Bruised ego on numerous occasions.

 

[dkp993]

Torn meniscus 4 different times, each requiring surgery.

 

[B Maverick]

Soccer:
Tore the ACL in both knees on separate occasions.
Broken nose

Pickup Basketball
Fractured elbow

Have pulled my hamstrings a couple times and the bruising turned the back of my legs basically black. No surgery, just healing time.

Oh and I forgot the damaged tendons in my pinky suffered in a traumatic bounce house incident. Surgery to straighten it but the PT after was to expensive, so not able to fully straighten it.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Never got any medical attention, but I’m sure more than a few concussions :(

 

[Judge Smails]

Separated AC joint diving for a ball. Then later torn rotator cuff, labrum and bicep same shoulder. Needed surgery

 

[Terminalxylem]

Have pulled my hamstrings a couple times and the bruising turned the back of my legs basically black. No surgery, just healing time.

I know this is a thing, but crazy to me that one could have extensive bruising (usually indicative of a severe injury) and just need R & R.

I had absolutely no bruising with my tear, but required surgical repair one week later.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Torn meniscus 4 different times, each requiring surgery.

Approximate age and sport?

 

[Jayded]

Torn rotator cuff in non-dominant arm. Still sucked and about 2.5 years later feels mostly normal but I still feel <100% from what it was. Makes it hard to believe athletes who rely on it (pitchers, QB) saying they are fully back even after rehab.

Shattered my hand when younger too (3 metacarpals in one fall, all but my pinky). Dominant hand that time. Full year to fully recover and my checks looked like a 2nd grader was signing them.

 

[B Maverick]

Have pulled my hamstrings a couple times and the bruising turned the back of my legs basically black. No surgery, just healing time.

I know this is a thing, but crazy to me that one could have extensive bruising (usually indicative of a severe injury) and just need R & R.

I had absolutely no bruising with my tear, but required surgical repair one week later.

Yup, just a lot of icing and limping until it stopped hurting!
Guess that's what happens when you don't actually go to the dr to get it checked.

Or I just bruise like a peach. Took a knee to the inner thigh in a game a couple weeks ago and had a nice yellow and purple bruise covering the inner and back half.

 

[Rustoleum]

Broken right thumb in 7th grade -gym class basketball. Just jammed it on the ball.

Broken left wrist in 8th grade -gym class. Last time I ever took a charge. Cutest cheerleader propped my arm up on her bosums to sign my cast - worth it.

Shin splints/Osgood Schlatter’s(?) - 9th-11th grade. growth spurt/genetics/ high hurdles not a good mix.

Broken right foot- early 24?? pick up basketball, wasn’t even in the play, got rolled up by the two dudes who were….iced it with beer and didn’t go to dr for two weeks to find out it was actually broken.

Broken pinky- more 20’s - smashed while doing medieval combat reenactment with SCA (yes I’m a hugenerd).still crooked today, but my only injury in like 8 years of doing that while basketball has tried to cripple me since jr high.

Severe mental trauma- watching this year’s Reds bullpen/defense.

 

[Gally]

Here goes. Starting from youngest (age when happened) to oldest:

• Broken Clavicle (5-ish years old) - Riding a bike and trying to do a trick. Fell off and hit my clavicle on the curb
• Pulled Groin (sophomore year) - Happened during basketball practice for HS. Out a few weeks.
• Fractured pinkie/torn ligaments (senior year) - Happened during football practice. I was WR running a slant and ball hit only my pinkie. Nothing displaced but immediately swelled. Went to Team doctor and he said fractured with likely torn ligaments. Taped it to ring finger and didn't miss any time. I still cannot completely close that pinkie into a fist
• Dislocated Shoulder (about 25 yrs old) - Playing old man high pitch softball. Slid into home and it was a bid muddy. My shoulder/arm stopped while my body did not. Went to doctor and had x-rays/MRI. Said it sublimated but went back in on it's own. Had PT for 6 months but was never quite the same. About 15 years later finally found something on about the 4th MRI (bone spur impinging on rotator cuff). Went for arthroscopic surgery and they found I had a shredded labrum along with the impingement. They fixed it up. It's still not great but better than it was. Very painful after surgery and recovery.
• Torn Achilles (40 yrs old) - Playing basketball during my lunch break. Took a shot, planted to go after rebound (i should have have missed the shot) and pop. Felt like someone kicked my heel. I asked the guy guarding me and he said he was nowhere near me and I knew at that instance I was done. Felt where my achilles should be and it was nothing but mush. Had surgery the next day.
• Also have had assorted sprained ankles, fingers, oblique etc. Cost of doing sports business.

Of all the injuries sustained the achilles was by far the hardest to come back from and I have never been the same since. Ruined my pickup basketball career.

 

[Ilov80s]

Luckily I never had anything more serious than a high ankle sprain. That stunk and took like 9 months to fully heal. I stayed pretty healthy otherwise.

 

[Gally]

Luckily I never had anything more serious than a high ankle sprain. That stunk and took like 9 months to fully heal. I stayed pretty healthy otherwise.

I probably had a couple of those but it was before they were a thing. They were just a "sprained ankle" back then.

 

[Ilov80s]

Luckily I never had anything more serious than a high ankle sprain. That stunk and took like 9 months to fully heal. I stayed pretty healthy otherwise.

I probably had a couple of those but it was before they were a thing. They were just a "sprained ankle" back then.

Yes, this diagnosis of high ankle sprain is my diagnosis of it looking back now. The doctor just called it a bad ankle sprain. But based on how what we know now, I am quite sure it a high ankle sprain. I was still wearing an ankle brace the next basketball season I think.

 

[Wildcat]

• Torn Achilles - basketball
• Torn meniscus - not sports - going up the stairs of my basement and twisted it
• Torn finger ligament on my ring finger resulting in a slight "mallet finger" - flag football
• Pinky finger slightly bent due to a jammed finger that never fully recovered - flag football
• Torn calf muscle - flag football

 

[Mookie]

20 stitches above eye (11) - Baseball - grounders practice
Busted tooth requiring oral surgery and cap (14) - Hockey - Took one to the underside of helmet/jaw as goalie and cracked tooth in half
Broken collar bone (14) - Lacrosse - watching ball over my head and running towards goal - crushed by goalie. Clean break.
Broken nose #1 (16) - JV Soccer - watching ball come over my head and running towards goal - crushed by defender. Played on and scored a hattrick. My greatest athletic achievement.
Partially ruptured quad (19) - Soccer - overuse
Broken nose #2 (40) - Mountain biking faceplant
Torn Meniscus left knee surgery (50) - Trail running overuse
Torn Meniscus right knee surgery (54) - Skiing overuse

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Torn acl skiing. Twice. Same knee. 20 and 52? Didn’t repair the first tear until I was 40. Surgery and pt. Have chosen not to repair most recent vaporization(Drs words). Knee replacement is imminent. That knee also has meniscus tears and very little cartilage left. It’s quite painful. Should get in around 30 days skiing this year.

Torn rotator cuff skiing with YOU! @Terminalxylem 3-4 years ago? PT.

had a few concussions over the years. 2 while skiing. . The others from football. My wife might say hVe a wee touch of the CTE.

 

[FiredMartz]

Rotator cuff surgery......both shoulders....not sports....from work....roofin'

 

[Gatorade]

Partially torn plantar fascia six weeks ago playing pickleball. Hopefully in another week I will be back out there slowly (against my wifes wishes). There was swelling and bruising for about three weeks. Lots of ice. Wearing an Arch support insole now plus a sleeve for plantar fascitas and compression socks .

Concussion about 20 years ago doing an Endo on a downhill ride on my mountain bike.

 

[dkp993]

Torn meniscus 4 different times, each requiring surgery.

Approximate age and sport?

The tears really started coming in my mid 20s through my mid 30s. Played high school and college basketball. Then went into an 70+ hour a week career on my feet. My knees paid the price. Have basically no meniscus left in my right knee and much removed from my left. Cartilage is wrecked too as you expect.

 

[Zow]

Broke a lot of fingers as a kid playing a variety of sports.

Badly sprained wrist in college while I was running to the football field to play tackle football.

Took a cleat to the eye and cut my eyeball requiring stitches playing tackle football. I played in a weekly pickup tackle football game all four years of college and amazingly/miraculously this is my only real injury from that.

Tore my rotator cuff a few years ago which ended my baseball/softball playing days.

Badly sprained mcl playing softball in my late 20s. Had to stay off of it for like 6 months and gained thirty pounds - none of which I lost yet. So this is probably my most impactful injury.

Two summers ago I decided to work out a lot to lose said weight and overdid a run and a lengthy hike in bad shoes and got awful plantar fasciitis. Easily the most painful injury and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

I injure my liver every time I play golf.

Forgot to add:

Got hit in the head with a baseball when I was like 7 or 8 that knocked me out. This was pre-concussion concerns so I don't think I ever went to the doctor even though I was likely concussed.

Developed Osgood-Schlatter disease when I was about twelve due to playing too much soccer. This led me to quit soccer upon medical advice. Some regret here because the issue was more so that I hit puberty a bit later than average and my body growth wasn't caught up to the amount of sports I was playing every day.

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

Broke both of my pinkies playing flag football. One time was in college intramurals catching a pass. The other time was at after/son day at my son’s middle school. He threw the pass. I (kind of) caught it.

Tore my ACL playing basketball in my mid 20’s. Came down from a rebound on someone’s foot and my knee twisted the wrong way. We won. Totally worth it.

 

[FarFromHome]

Reading some off these posts is cringe worthy. Old time mash unit boys. We played hard. Off the top of my head I'm at:

Torn ACL
Broken collar bone
Broken pinkie
Knee scoped 4 times
Tore hamstring. The worst
Dislocated most parts
3 known concussions

 

[Drunken knight]

Acl, mcl, cartilage in a friendly football game in 93. Injured it twice more before deciding on surgery

L4, L5, S1 in freak running accident in 2000

Both rotator cuffs… surgery on my left.

11 times on crutches for ankles (lacrosse and street basketball)

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Soccer. Age 11. Wrecked my right ankle. Played through it by shooting left-footed the next 18 months and having my dad double tape the bad ankle.

Tennis. Age 16. Partially torn rotator cuff. Didn’t really heal until age 22. Still hurts if I use poor form serving.

Basketball. Age 24. Broke my thumb when some a-hole spiked a rebound into me rather than grabbing the damn ball.

Tennis. Age 46. The dreaded tennis elbow. Still comes back from time to time.

Basketball. Age 50. Details TBD tomorrow.

 

[MAC_32]

Other than being hit by a car while running (somehow didn't break anything) in 2020, thankfully nothing too serious but as it turns out this was the end of my career as a competitive endurance runner, I just didn't know it yet. Strained one calf at mile 20, the other shortly thereafter, then a groin at 24. I hobbled through the finish line, but no matter the work I did my body hasn't been the same since.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Reading some off these posts is cringe worthy. Old time mash unit boys. We played hard. Off the top of my head I'm at:

Torn ACL

Tore hamstring. The worst

Hamstring also my worst, by far. I would think ACL comparable, but how was hamstrIng worse?

 

[fatness]

2 Hop On Pop injuries from back in the 80's when my kids were growing up. Each happened the same way.
I was laying on the floor with a pillow watching TV with my kids on the couch. Suddenly one of them got up on the coffee table, leaped into the air, and landed on my chest, injuring the left side of my sternum where the ribs connect.
2 years later I was laying on the floor with a pillow watching TV with my kids on the couch. Suddenly the other kid got up on the coffee table, leaped into the air, and landed on my chest, injuring the left side of my sternum where the ribs connect.
Still hurts today during the colder half of the year.

Stop. You must not hop on pop.

 

[FarFromHome]

Reading some off these posts is cringe worthy. Old time mash unit boys. We played hard. Off the top of my head I'm at:

Torn ACL

Tore hamstring. The worst

Hamstring also my worst, by far. I would think ACL comparable, but how was hamstrIng worse?

For me the hamstring pain was just worse. ACL obviously had pain, but overall it was more sore. The hamstring was just nail biting pain. It's also the one I still have moments where I still feel the injury.

 

[brun]

Injured my back playing pick up hockey in high school. Various levels of pain ever since, sometimes needing a trip to the ER. Usually end up with muscle relaxer and pain med for a few days to get tolerable.

Broke a couple metacarpals in my left hand when I punched a wall while watching a hockey game. Before I got so fat you could see where the bones healed out of alignment.

A dangerous play but didn't have a lasting effect. Jostling for position in front of the net. Other guy swung his stick and connected with the temple area. Never saw it coming. Never felt it. Didn't have any pain afterwards. Just woke up on the ice with a small gash and a bloody face. Luckier than Teddy Green I guess.

Fractured my ankles doing seated calf raises. Tried walking to the car to go to the ER. Couldn't negotiate a 3" step at the door. One of the guys picked me up with a bear hug and carried me the rest of the way. Yeah. That was embarrassing.

Straddled the plate waiting for a throw in little league. Kid coming from 3rd didn't really slide. He just sorta plopped down on my left leg. Just a strain/sprain I guess. Was on crutches for a couple weeks.

Yard sale on White Heat at Sunday River. Ended up with "skier's thumb" on my right hand. Had a job interview a couple weeks later so I cut the cast off myself so it wouldn't be weird shaking hands.

 

[nirad3]

• Torn Achilles (40 yrs old) - Playing basketball during my lunch break. Took a shot, planted to go after rebound (i should have have missed the shot) and pop. Felt like someone kicked my heel. I asked the guy guarding me and he said he was nowhere near me and I knew at that instance I was done. Felt where my achilles should be and it was nothing but mush. Had surgery the next day.
• Also have had assorted sprained ankles, fingers, oblique etc. Cost of doing sports business.

Of all the injuries sutained the achilles was by far the hardest to come back from and I have never been the same since. Ruined my pickup basketball career.

Tore my Achilles at 32 years old playing hoops. Went up for a corner 3 (nailed it) and came down and it felt like someone had thrown a ball that hit my calf. I even turned around to see if a ball had been thrown on the court.

Plenty of sprained ankles and fingers throughout my basketball career.

Haven't played competitive basketball since. I gave it a shot about 5-6 years after the Achilles tear but just couldn't do it.

 

[msudaisy26]

I torn my acl... getting a cup of coffee on Saturday morning, while grading papers, at my house, in my pajamas, and I was only 26 at the time.

 

[Judge Smails]

Here goes. Starting from youngest (age when happened) to oldest:

• Broken Clavicle (5-ish years old) - Riding a bike and trying to do a trick. Fell off and hit my clavicle on the curb
• Pulled Groin (sophomore year) - Happened during basketball practice for HS. Out a few weeks.
• Fractured pinkie/torn ligaments (senior year) - Happened during football practice. I was WR running a slant and ball hit only my pinkie. Nothing displaced but immediately swelled. Went to Team doctor and he said fractured with likely torn ligaments. Taped it to ring finger and didn't miss any time. I still cannot completely close that pinkie into a fist
• Dislocated Shoulder (about 25 yrs old) - Playing old man high pitch softball. Slid into home and it was a bid muddy. My shoulder/arm stopped while my body did not. Went to doctor and had x-rays/MRI. Said it sublimated but went back in on it's own. Had PT for 6 months but was never quite the same. About 15 years later finally found something on about the 4th MRI (bone spur impinging on rotator cuff). Went for arthroscopic surgery and they found I had a shredded labrum along with the impingement. They fixed it up. It's still not great but better than it was. Very painful after surgery and recovery.
• Torn Achilles (40 yrs old) - Playing basketball during my lunch break. Took a shot, planted to go after rebound (i should have have missed the shot) and pop. Felt like someone kicked my heel. I asked the guy guarding me and he said he was nowhere near me and I knew at that instance I was done. Felt where my achilles should be and it was nothing but mush. Had surgery the next day.
• Also have had assorted sprained ankles, fingers, oblique etc. Cost of doing sports business.

Of all the injuries sustained the achilles was by far the hardest to come back from and I have never been the same since. Ruined my pickup basketball career.

Uggh. Torn Achilles. I stopped playing basketball at 40 after seeing several guys my age get ACL’s and Achilles. Didn’t look fun. One guy in our group still plays 2X a week. Full court. At 63

 

[ex-ghost]

Torn Achilles. Mid-30's. Playing soccer. Had the ball, turned the corner and head what sounded like a gunshot - it was my achilles. Our game and the game on the next field stopped as I writhed around on the ground in pain. Went to doc and she said it was a torn calf muscle. For 10 days I hobbled around and went to a new doc. Too bad, that first doc was a smoke show.

 

[Gally]

Torn Achilles. Mid-30's. Playing soccer. Had the ball, turned the corner and head what sounded like a gunshot - it was my achilles. Our game and the game on the next field stopped as I writhed around on the ground in pain. Went to doc and she said it was a torn calf muscle. For 10 days I hobbled around and went to a new doc. Too bad, that first doc was a smoke show.

I had no pain with my tear. I had the initial "pop" that felt like someone kicked my heel. It wasn't a lot of pain just a quick jolt that was moderate. After that there was no pain at all. I had a complete tear that didn't even need an MRI to diagnose. Doctor felt the area and said he was open for surgery the next day at 1:30pm and booked me for surgery.

But I had no pain at all.

 

[Anarchy99]

Does sunburn count?

 

[nirad3]

Torn Achilles. Mid-30's. Playing soccer. Had the ball, turned the corner and head what sounded like a gunshot - it was my achilles. Our game and the game on the next field stopped as I writhed around on the ground in pain. Went to doc and she said it was a torn calf muscle. For 10 days I hobbled around and went to a new doc. Too bad, that first doc was a smoke show.

I had no pain with my tear. I had the initial "pop" that felt like someone kicked my heel. It wasn't a lot of pain just a quick jolt that was moderate. After that there was no pain at all. I had a complete tear that didn't even need an MRI to diagnose. Doctor felt the area and said he was open for surgery the next day at 1:30pm and booked me for surgery.

But I had no pain at all.

So weird, same exact thing with mine. No pain, just knew something was wrong. I had sprained my ankle(s) many, many times before so I knew it wasn't that. And it didn't feel like I had broken anything. My doctor (who had spent time as USC's sports doc) propped my leg up on a table and squeezed my calf and said "yup, Achilles rupture, I'll schedule you for surgery at the end of the week".

 

[Gally]

Torn Achilles. Mid-30's. Playing soccer. Had the ball, turned the corner and head what sounded like a gunshot - it was my achilles. Our game and the game on the next field stopped as I writhed around on the ground in pain. Went to doc and she said it was a torn calf muscle. For 10 days I hobbled around and went to a new doc. Too bad, that first doc was a smoke show.

I had no pain with my tear. I had the initial "pop" that felt like someone kicked my heel. It wasn't a lot of pain just a quick jolt that was moderate. After that there was no pain at all. I had a complete tear that didn't even need an MRI to diagnose. Doctor felt the area and said he was open for surgery the next day at 1:30pm and booked me for surgery.

But I had no pain at all.

So weird, same exact thing with mine. No pain, just knew something was wrong. I had sprained my ankle(s) many, many times before so I knew it wasn't that. And it didn't feel like I had broken anything. My doctor (who had spent time as USC's sports doc) propped my leg up on a table and squeezed my calf and said "yup, Achilles rupture, I'll schedule you for surgery at the end of the week".

It's why when everyone props Kobe up on some massive tough guy pedestal because he shot free throws after tearing his achilles I just chuckle. I could easily have done that with no issues and then hobbled off the court. There was zero pain. By that I mean I felt totally normal. I knew something was wrong because when I felt at my achilles there was no tendon......it was just mush. At that point I felt sick to my stomach because I figured what happened but there wasn't pain in my leg/ankle/heel area.