Soft tissue injuries after breaking the foot can be cold compresses within 72 hours, cold compresses should be intermittent, each 15-20 minutes, each cold compress should be separated from each other for more than 2 hours, the specific number of times according to the degree of personal illness to choose. 72 hours after the broken foot belongs to the acute phase of the injury, need to be able to carry out cold compresses, can effectively reduce the local bruising and edema and other symptoms, relieve local pain, prevent aggravation of the condition, the later recovery has a very important role. So patients can carry out intermittent cold compress, can each 15 ~ 20 minutes role, each cold compress should be separated between more than 2 hours, the specific number of times according to the degree of personal condition to choose. Cold compress can choose ice water wet towel or ice bag, ice bag is best to use a towel as a liner, pay attention to the cold compress when the patient should be in a state of consciousness, coma patients or sleep process is not recommended to apply cold compress to avoid the patient’s awareness of the level of reduction of insensitive to low temperatures, which leads to local frostbite. If the pain and swelling are not relieved by cold compresses, braking and other treatments, you should consult a doctor in time to clarify the cause of the disease and treat it under the guidance of the doctor.