How to heal the heel shock as soon as possible

For patients with heel shock injury, it will lead to edema of the periosteum and bone in the heel area, as well as bruising and swelling of the soft tissues around the heel, which will cause significant swelling and pain in the heel area, especially when the pain will be significantly increased during weight-bearing activities in the heel. After the occurrence of heel shock, one, avoid excessive weight-bearing activities in the heel area, and appropriately reduce the repeated flexion and extension activities in the ankle area to avoid aggravating the swelling and pain in the heel area. Second, when resting in bed after heel shock, the affected limb can be padded to facilitate venous reflux bruising, absorption and decreasing of swelling. In the 24 hours after the injury, you can apply cold water or ice, cold towel, cold compress on the heel area to avoid aggravation of swelling. 24 hours later, you can apply ointment to promote blood circulation in the heel area, such as Yunnan Baiyao ointment, dog skin ointment, blood pain relief ointment and other ointments, so as to promote the absorption and decreasing of bruising and swelling, which is good for the recovery of heel injury. After 48 hours, you can apply hot compress and scalding on the foot to accelerate blood circulation, which will help the swelling of the heel shock area to subside, thus promoting the rapid recovery of the heel shock.