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This better not affect my ice fishing!!

walleyeking19

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Well last night I hurt my ankle playing basketball. I went to the doctor and she said I have a Grade 2 high ankle sprain, luckily not a break. So I did some ligament damage, but I shouldnt need surgery. I just gotta use crutches and a brace when I'm walking.

I was thinking, how are crutches gonna work on ice? Anybody got any experience? I guess my brother will have to just drag me out there on a sled or something grin

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nofishfisherman Grand Master

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Wear ice cleats and then put a nail or spike through the rubber ends of the crutches so you can dig into the ice with them.

My buddy sprained his ankle the night before hunting opener 2 seasons ago. He had a brace plus crutches but we still went hunting. In the woods he obviously didn't use the crutches he just walked slow and laced his boot as tight as possible. He was careful about putting weight on the bad ankle and made sure to only place his foot on level ground (not on rocks or logs). I made sure I hunted near him so I could be there to drag the deer and also walk to and from the stand with him in case he needed a hand.

He got through the 4 day hunt just fine, just took a little patience and a little pain tolerance.

In the end nothing will keep a good man down.

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Oh Man.

I broke by tibia and fibula Dec 9 2008. Had surgery. Made it into a permy ice fishing house by the end of January 2009... on crutches. Of course, I drove up to it, crutched it ten feet and then I was inside.

GO SLOW, and you will be fine.

On a side note, you need to be wearing an ankle brace. My daugter sprained her ankle a few weeks ago. They gave her a neat little brace that worked very well.

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Broke my foot last February and needed surgery on it. I was in a foot cast for 2 weeks and as soon as I had the cast off and found out I could get my foot into a boot I was out on the ice!! I think you're biggest issue will be swelling and whether you can comfortably fit your foot in your boot.

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I was thinking, how are crutches gonna work on ice? Anybody got any experience? grin

I almost broke my nose twice while on cruthes and hiting the ice..

you would be suprised on how fast you go down with out the support of a leg,

You could always stud out your crutches laugh used for non slip and it could double as a spear wink

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They make Ice cleats for crutches. They just flip down when you need them and they have 4 spikes on the bottom, just dont use them in the house they make a mess of the hardwood. When my dad hurt his ankle in colorado the ski patrol put them on his crutches. And a couple years ago when I crushed my foot I used them for getting out to my uncles shack and they worked great along with cleats on my boots. I would try and find a pair just for everyday use crutches are really good at slipping out on the ice.

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Strange coincidence that you posted this. Just this afternoon I stepped into a snow covered muskrat hole and wrecked my ankle. Sitting here with my foot in a bucket of ice right now.

I'd just add some cleats to your boots and you should be fine. Personally, I'd leave the crutches on shore, as that's just asking for further injuries.

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or u could suck it up?...its an ankle SPRAIN..... i tore my acl , was fishing a week after surgery. I'm sure ill be fine.

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I broke my ankle, and wore an ankle brace for 2 months. grin

Side note, now i can crack my ankle by moving it in just about any direction wink

Other broken bones with no help from a dr: Shoulder, elbow, both pinky fingers, thumb joint, middle finger joint, there's probably others but i'm not going to put much thought into this. Suck it up.

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Well just got a call from the doctor. Turns out the radiologist found a hairline fracture in my fibula. So i get to wear a walking boot for the next 4 weeks. But on the bright side, I can go ice fishing in a boot. So I cant complain too much!
Aircast? I wore one of those for three months.
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