Stumbled over a rough bit of pavement yesterday and twisted my foot a little. Didn’t hurt at the time and was more relieved that I didn’t come tumbling to the ground than anything else. Could walk on it with no pain or issues.
About three hours later the whole foot became excruciatingly painful and couldn’t bear weight, and I started running a fever. Paracetamol controlled the pain and the fever and I was able to limp to the hotel about an hour later.
It’s now the next day and it’s somewhat swollen and painful but will bear weight. Slight evidence of bruising on the top. Walking is OK, flexing toes upward really hurts.
I’ve always subscribed to the “if you think it’s broken it’s probably not” view of medicine but there seems to be a lot of stuff on Google about serious complications from foot sprains that are untreated. In terms of basic treatment it’s had none of RICE because I’m in a poxy hotel in Sweden and they don’t have an ice machine.