How not to suffer the after-effects of an ankle ligament injury

After ankle ligament injury, if you want to leave no sequelae, after the injury should be timely ice and bandage, follow the doctor’s instructions slow independent exercise. 1. Ice and bandage: just injured within two days with ice, each time the compress ten to twenty minutes, mainly to reduce the injured part of the blood flow, reduce pain, prevent swelling. You can also wrap the injured ankle with a bandage to help reduce the pressure on the ankle. 2. Exercise slowly and autonomously: If the ankle joint is fractured, it needs to be fixed with surgical resetting plaster and bed rest. If there is no fracture in the ankle joint, the affected limb should be elevated and rested at an early stage. Don’t move the ankle as much as possible in the first two weeks before the injury, after 2 weeks, you can independently carry out ankle flexion and extension exercise, and after 4 weeks, you can get out of bed slowly and gradually weight-bearing activities on crutches. Specific functional exercises need to be carried out under the guidance of professionals. After the ankle ligament injury should minimize the ankle joint activities, so as to avoid ligament recovery affects the ankle movement, if there is any discomfort promptly seek medical treatment.