I took a buried rock to the ass cheek and now my leg/back of knee is turning purple

[Dhelihiker]

So I took a rock to the ass from about 15' and it was a pretty hard hit. Thank god it was perfectly centered on my left cheek. About 4 days after the injury the back of my knee started hurting and it is bruising. My ass cheek never even turned red let alone purple. It did swell a good bit.


A week and a half later and the back of me knee/lower hamstring is pretty sore and purple. It hasnt got any better for about 4-5 days.


What the fuck?

[flatNshallow]

So I took a rock to the ass from about 15' and it was a pretty hard hit. Thank god it was perfectly centered on my left cheek. About 4 days after the injury the back of my knee started hurting and it is bruising. My ass cheek never even turned red let alone purple. It did swell a good bit.


A week and a half later and the back of me knee/lower hamstring is pretty sore and purple. It hasnt got any better for about 4-5 days.


What the fuck?

It's called a bruise, stop being a pussy.


Actually if it's really bad you want to keep an eye on it, pretty sure really bad bruises carry blood clot risks. The dentists can probably give better advice.

[Lindahl]

You're getting draining right now - pooled blood from the injury site draining out of your system via gravity and absorbtion. In most cases, you'll be just fine and you'll be better in another week or two. In the worst case, you could get compartment syndrome and lose your leg if most of the blood is absorbed by muscle tissue. Enough reason to have a doc or PA monitor it, imo, but that depends on your insurance situation, I guess. If you notice intense muscle tightness and muscle pain increasing at a pretty rapid rate, get to the ER, asap.

[spook]

i would definitely go to the doctor asap

[uglymoney]

I took a ski binding to the hip earlier this winter on a hard deep carve gone bad and I had the same but milder symptoms on my knee but on the side. It was kind of wierd but pretty self explanatory. Gravity. Things were relatively on the mild side and swelling was only bad on my hip for about two or three days so I monitored myself closely and did not go to the doctor. I always had 100% movement and pain was not a problem after the first day or three and the knee deal was only just a tender feeling. The whole thing took over a month to clear up with a nice bursa forming on my hip towards the end before it went away as well. You should be icing the injury impact as much as possible for sure to lower clot risk and if in doubt or if things worsen see a doc. Maybe one will chime in. I usually figure that if I am improving I'd rather do other stuff than waste my time seeing a comfort doctor. My draining issue didn't extend past the knee though.

[spook]

i don't mind spending my $20 copay to see what's going on.

[Dhelihiker]

if it was compartmental syndrome I would have some major swelling and tightness, no?

The site of the injury is pretty good. Deep soreness but manageable and getting better.

The lower hamstring feels and looks like a big shallow bruise. It seems to be in the skin/fat tissue and not in the muscle.

I hate going to doctors, I prefer TGR

[Driver]

Ice everything to stop the bleeding ASAP. Ice bath prob would be best. Keep icing for a few days.

[old goat]

You do not have compartment syndrome. You will not get compartment syndrome. Ice will do no good. The bleeding stopped days ago. You do not need to see a doctor. It will take a while for the bruising to go away. If there's enough blood sometimes some of the pigment will remain in the tissue permanently. Stop jumping on rocks.

[Dhelihiker]

Stop jumping on rocks.

I agree 100%, it was the last run of an epic day too.

[Driver]

The bleeding stopped days ago.

Probably true. I had a hip pointer that drained out like that after a game in college. The problem was lack of ice to stop the bleeding, but you need it pretty quick off the bat to stop the bleeding. Ice works wonders. I might still ice if you are swollen, but yeah, a doc would know better

[Lindahl]

You will not get compartment syndrome.

Umm, actually you can. Very unlikely, but its happened before.

[Orthoski]

You do not have compartment syndrome. You will not get compartment syndrome. Ice will do no good. The bleeding stopped days ago. You do not need to see a doctor. It will take a while for the bruising to go away. If there's enough blood sometimes some of the pigment will remain in the tissue permanently. Stop jumping on rocks.

Compartment syndrome is indeed much rarer in the thigh than the lower leg and is generally not subtle - severe pain, etc. Increasing pain and pain with passive ROM are some of the warning signs, but as Old Goat said it's unlikely that you would get it in such a delayed manner. Your hamstrings originate from the ischial tuberosity, which is the bony prominence on which we sit and likely explains some of your hamstring pain as the blood tracks down the posterior compartment of your thigh. Take it easy and enjoy the colors of the rainbow as the bruise is gradually absorbed.

[spook]

dude, he's an ortho something. what you really need is an ear, ass and leg specialist.

[old goat]

[QUOTE=Lindahl;4212068]Umm, actually you can. Very unlikely, but its happened before.[/QUOTE}

You're not going to get comartment syndrome in the thigh, four days after an injury to the butt. BTW worst looking butt I ever saw was in the OR dressing room--one of my partners turned his back on one of his goats. A pygmy goat. A girl pygmy goat. Black and blue from his waist to his knees.

The whole thing about ice and bleeding is a little suspect. While ice undoubtedly helps swelling its effect on bleeding is more complicated. The cold constricts blood vessels which stops bleeding--until the vessels dilate again. But cold also deactivates the clotting system, so the torn vessels don't clot off as well. In any case I doubt applying cold to the skin will do anything for deep bleeding in the butt--the cold doesn't get deep enough to contrict the vessels that are bleeding.

And OP--expect the bruising to keep moving down the leg. Gravity will see to that--and it doesn't mean you're still bleeding.

[TomCrac]

Have a friend that had a serious ass bruise that went down his leg. Chatted up people at the bar, wagered that if its not the worst bruise you have ever seen, I'll buy the shots. If it is, you buy the shots. We were well lubricated for at least 2 weekends I got pics somewhere, butt, you get the point... Heal up.

[old goat]

Have a friend that had a serious ass bruise that went down his leg. Chatted up people at the bar, wagered that if its not the worst bruise you have ever seen, I'll buy the shots. If it is, you buy the shots. We were well lubricated for at least 2 weekends I got pics somewhere, butt, you get the point... Heal up.

What kind of bar where people go around showing other people their butts?

[TomCrac]

A real ski bar....Thats not normal?

[spook]

did you see the playmate who got the tee shot off her ass? NASTY bruise.

[old goat]

did you see the playmate who got the tee shot off her ass? NASTY bruise.

Posting this without a pic is lame. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1723458
http://www.mediaite.com/online/model...-off-her-butt/

I've been doing my research.

[Dhelihiker]

Update:

Legs = 2

The healing has begun, today is the first day it feels better than the day before.

[old goat]

Update:

Legs = 2

The healing has begun, today is the first day it feels better than the day before.

And still no pics.

[Dhelihiker]

And still no pics.

It actually looks pretty good in this pic

[Smooth Johnson]

I took a ski binding to the hip earlier this winter on a hard deep carve gone bad

You must have been on some Olins to achieve that sort of brutal carving power.

[uglymoney]

I'm not worthy of skiing on Olins. Way out of my league.