FLT ATTENDANT WORKING IN THE CABIN OF A B737 WAS INJURED WHEN THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURB.

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WE WERE IN THE REAR OF THE ACFT. WE HAD JUST FINISHED LOCKING UP EVERYTHING AND THE SEVERE TURB STARTED. I HIT UP AGAINST THE FUSELAGE AND WE WERE TRYING TO PULL DOWN THE JUMPSEAT. WE COULDN'T GET IT DOWN AT THAT TIME. THEN WE WERE LIFTED OFF OUR FEET INTO THE CEILING. WHEN WE CAME DOWN; WE LANDED ON THE FLOOR. MY FOOT WAS UNDER ME. I TRIED TO GET UP AND COULDN'T. I SAID MY FOOT HURT; I CAN'T GET UP. I SAT THERE FOR A FEW MINS THEN I GOT UP; CRAWLED UP TO MY JUMPSEAT. MY FOOT WAS IN PAIN. I SAID I NEED TO GO INTO THE LAVATORY. SO I HOPPED; I COULDN'T PUT ANY PRESSURE ON MY L FOOT. IT HAD ALREADY BEGAN TO SWELL. I CAME BACK OUT; SAT DOWN; AND THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT PUT SOME ICE ON MY ANKLE AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING BIGGER. WHEN WE LANDED AND THE PARAMEDICS CAME AND LOOKED AFTER US; THEY TOOK US TO THE EMER ROOM. THEY CONFIRMED THAT MY ANKLE WAS BROKEN FROM X-RAYS. WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED? NOTHING; BECAUSE IT WAS AIR TURB. THE CAPT AND FO SAID THEY SAW NOTHING ON THE RADAR SCREEN. WHEN WE HAVE TURB AS SEVERE AS THIS WAS; WE NEED TO BE IN OUR SEATS.