Spraining your leg to a hamstring, also known in medical terms as a soft tissue injury, requires a combination of treatments. Including acute treatment, general treatment, drug treatment and so on.
1. Acute treatment: immediately after the sprain should stop activities, brake rest. Within 72 hours of the injury, local cold compresses should be applied, using towel-wrapped ice or ice packs for 10 to 15 minutes each time, 3 to 4 times a day. More than 72 hours can be changed to hot compresses, or physical therapy, such as baking electricity, infrared radiation.
2. General treatment: according to the injury or the pain is more serious should wear a brace, the joints or muscle parts of the pressure bandage, elevate the affected limb, can promote blood flow, reduce the swelling of the affected limb.
3. Medication: If the pain is more serious, medication can be used in time, such as reducing swelling and dissipating blood stasis drugs, such as Diosmin, Sanqi pain tablets and Bunda Pills. Topical painkillers, such as diclofenac diethylamide emulsion, Yunnan Baiyao aerosol. Oral pain relievers: celecoxib capsules, lorsolofen sodium tablets, etc.
If the patient sprained part of the continued swelling or pain should be timely to the hospital for examination, to rule out whether the fracture and other conditions, avoid self-medication, so as not to cause adverse reactions.