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A member asked:
Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about a sprained ankle.
6 doctors weighed in across 6 answers
Ignore: You should ask your doctor what to do so that you can rehab quicker.
Answered 3/31/2014
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Ignore: Ask your doctor about adding physical therapy to your treatment for a faster recovery.
Answered 7/28/2014
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Ignore: Tell him the mechanism and chronology of the injury and be specific to the location where pain is.
Answered 4/8/2015
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Ignore: Let your doctor know which side of your ankle hurts.
Answered 5/12/2015
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Ignore: Ask re X rays, exam treatment, brace or no, surgery? outcomes, pain med is need, follow up appt.
Answered 6/12/2015
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Ignore: Doc will want to know the mechanism & timing of injury (how & when it happened) and location of pain.
Answered 3/25/2022
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