What to do if your ankle hurts from playing basketball

When the patient plays basketball, there is pain in the ankle area, the cause is that the patient’s activity is too large, or during strenuous activities that lead to ankle muscles, joint capsules, ligaments and other tissues of the injury, the patient will have pain phenomenon. If this happens, first of all, the patient should be instructed to stop exercising, and should rest in bed or elevate the lower limbs. Secondly, hot compresses should be applied to the painful parts, and traditional Chinese medicine fumigation can be carried out, or creams that activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain can be applied externally. Can also be combined with infrared therapy instrument treatment, low frequency electrotherapy, bioelectric therapy and other methods, or instruct the patient to take oral bruising medication, you can also take oral blood type of drugs. These can promote the local damage to the muscle soft tissue, as soon as possible to get back, will be able to significantly relieve the clinical pain phenomenon. Patients do not dispose of ankle sprains, blind massage, so as not to aggravate the local condition.