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Twisted my ankle bad while preventing a fall. hard to walk on it and extreme swelling..more than a tennis ball on side. did something rupture or break?
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Ankle: Whenever you hurt your ankle and it is swollen and you cannot walk easily one has to make sure you do not have a fracture - so please go and get an x-ray done.
Answered 2/21/2015
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