Bruising question

[TAMARALEE]

I'm hoping someone out there can give some input on this.

About 5 days ago while shaving I noticed a bruise around the outside of my left ankle (around that ball bone). By the next day it got darker, as bruises do. I do not recall bumping or hitting it on anything. It goes around the entire bone. It was a little sore if I pressed on it, but not something I would have noticed had I not seen it.

I wouldn't really think much about it but this is the second time it's happened in the past 4 - 6 months.

Occassionally my ankles get sore from pushing it to hard, High impact etc. But they have been fine lately. I eat healthy, & take vitamins.

Is it possible to bruise from overuse? Kind of weird.

Thanks for any advice.
Tami

 

[SRP]

Beats me. All I know is that bruises turn up on me all the time for no apparent reason. But then, I've been a klutz all my life. I'm so used to running into things that I don't even notice it anymore. :7 :+

 

[goldenpath]

I always get bruises and NEVER remember bumping myself. They just seem to appear.

Do you think a particular pair of shoes might be rubbing your ankle. May not be much help but that is all I could think of.

 

[TAMARALEE]

That's a good thought, but I am using a new pairsince the first time it happened.
I also seem to get bruises that I have no idea how. Seems wierd same place like that though.
Tami

 

[jonahnah]

I'm a walking bruise. I get them constantly in random places usually with some vague memory of DS crashing into me or bumping myself on the corner of something somewhere. I once heard it could be related to some vitamin deficiency.

Jonahnah
From now on, I'm going to be more decisive. Possibly.

 

[intensityjunkie]

I'm another one who finds bruises often and have no idea where they came from. I do have two kids who crawl all over me and sometimes get ruff so maybe its just that but I'm also a tad clumbsy sometimes and bump into stuff. I've wondered before about it being some kind of vitamin thing also. amazingly looking at my legs now I don't see many. Sometimes I find several small ones and an occasional big one.

 

[Jennifit]

I start to bruise without "cause" when I am low on iron. Just a thought. Good luck.

 

[Nadja Z]

I'm not a doctor of any sorts, but bruising from overuse seems a bit odd. There isn't a whole lot of circulation in your connective tissue, from what I understand. Maybe if there's something mechanically out of place like a joint or deposits of some sort, but I would think that would be causing a lot more pain. Just thinking out loud here.

A couple times now I've woken up with about 20 tiny (2-3 mm) dark purplish black bruises down the front of each of my thighs. It's freaky, I think I would remember being hit dozens of times with a tiny object. Anyone else get this? I mentioned it to my doc, and got the classic brushoff.