Pending MRI, is this bruising from the inside?
I’m an educator and this injury is from work. Since I’m going through worker’s comp, I want to educate myself as much as possible.
Tuesday morning, I had an extremely bad interaction with a student. The nature of my job means I see this a lot and take strikes to my limbs pretty much daily, so I didn’t think much of the pain and stiffness I had after, plus we were getting a massive storm and that often gives me aches.
Wednesday, there was no marking, just some swelling. Then Thursday, I woke up with the bruise (slide 3) which progressed to what you see in slide 2 by the afternoon. Went to the doctor, and she suspects I may have torn my MCL, possibly the meniscus, and maybe my patellar tendon based on my knee instability. We are waiting for workers comp to set me up with an MRI.
Slide 1 was Friday morning. My leg is now swollen from mid though to my foot, even with prescription Naproxen. I also have had occasional pins and needles sensation down my medial shin, through my instep and to my big toe.
If you’ve been there, done this: is the bruise related to the MCL? Is the swelling pissing off my nerves and causing the pins and needles sensation? How worried should I be about that?
I’ll update when I know what the MRI says!