question: I broke my fibula bone all the way thru. It s been 5 months and I still have bruising and swelling going on. The worst part is the pain that shoots up my leg from the foot. It became unbearable. My general doc said to go to er and get checked for blood clots. None found. My heel went numb every night for awhile and part of the bottom of my foot. Told all of this to my ortho treating me and he did nothing but say, sounds like u have some nerve damage, should go away when swelling goes down. Swelling went down after 4 months but I can t even touch my foot to the ground without taking strong pain medication. I went to a neurologist and he kept hitting my leg with that reflex tool, it never moved at all. My arms and other leg responded and moved when hit. But the leg where I broke the ankle just hangs there like its dead. I hate having to take these pain pills and wish someone could find the problem and fix me. Do u know what could be wrong? I have swelling and bruising at arch of foot.