Immediately above, “Ankle sprains, not to be underestimated”. Since the management of soft tissue injuries after an ankle sprain is so important, and since ankle osteoarthritis is so tricky to deal with after it has developed, it is important that we treat the ankle sprain properly in its early stages to prevent the development of ankle osteoarthritis in the future. So what should you do as a patient yourself? Pre-hospital treatment: 1. At the beginning of the sprain, brake the affected limb, avoid walking with weight, and elevate the affected foot as much as possible. Purpose: to prevent aggravation, to reduce capillary bleeding, can slow down the pressure of blood on the foot, slow down the swelling and pain. 2, the correct use of hot and cold compresses, thus playing a role in reducing swelling and relieving pain. At the beginning of the sprain, the ruptured small blood vessels bleeding, at this time, the available cold compress, so that the blood vessels constriction coagulation, control the development of the injury. 24-48 hours later, the ruptured blood vessels bleeding stop, then the available hot compress, to promote the dissipation of bruising around the sprain (local tissue exudate as soon as possible to absorb), thereby reducing pain. In-hospital treatment: If you can immediately go to the hospital, you should consult the orthopedic clinic, listen to the specialist, according to the severity of the sprain, or bed rest, or to be fixed in plaster, or to be oral blood circulation, swelling and pain relief drugs, or surgical treatment. In short, before the recovery of soft tissue injury, complete weight-bearing walking is strictly prohibited. Because clinical observation shows that patients who are not properly treated for the first time are 3 to 4 times more likely to re-injure the ankle joint than those who are treated.