Ankle protectors have a role to play in the recovery of a broken foot, but there is a time limit. After breaking the foot, it is easy to cause the ligaments and joint capsule in the ankle area to be overly stretched, causing injury, resulting in swelling and pain in the ankle, and even causing joint laxity. Ankle protectors can effectively provide protection for the ankle and play a cushioning role in activities, but also can limit the ankle activities, reduce the pressure on the injured part, and play a role in promoting the healing process. It is better to wear ankle protectors, which can stabilize the ankle joint structure, protect the injured tissues, reduce the force on the ankle joint, and facilitate the recovery of the injured tissues, especially in the early stage of the recovery of the broken foot, but it is not recommended to wear it for a long time. If you wear ankle protection for too long, it is easy to lead to local circulation obstacles or muscle atrophy, and even cause soft tissue adhesion. Patients in the broken foot, in addition to wearing ankle protectors to reduce the ankle part of the force, but also in the 72 hours of cold compress treatment, 72 hours after the hot compresses, under the guidance of the doctor to apply blood circulation drugs to promote the recovery of broken tissue, such as blood circulation pain capsule and so on.