I have a family friend who is a certified sports doctor for all their crazy injuries, so I went to him and explained what happened with my leg and he said at minimum I need to be on crutches for 2 weeks maybe longer depending on how quickly it healed.. This SUCKS because I work construction, and I can't exactly climb ladders with crutches.. so I'm pretty much screwed as I've been living pay check to pay check until my house gets foreclosed on...

I slammed my shin while jumping over a tree limb a couple years ago. It bruised and swelled up just like your leg looked like in the photo. I still have a mark on my leg from where it happened. I did some research and found that I most likely bruised the bone. I thought I had possibly had a hairline fracture based on how bad it hurt to put weight on it. Are you able to walk on it at all? My leg hurt for 1-2 months after it happened, but the swelling and bruising went away after 2-3 weeks. I never went to the doctor, but just took it easy if it started hurting too bad.

It hurts REAL bad to walk on it, I can, it's not so bad that I just can't do it but I don't want to. Only reason I went to the doctor is cause he's a friend and it was free :) lol He said it's for sure bruised, possibly fractured but he didn't have an x-ray where we were at so he said just ice it 3 times a day and stay completely off of it for 10 days or so and then see where it's at

Dude that really sucks. Hopefully it is only a bad bruise.