Swelling and pain in the ankle after breaking the foot, cupping, lancing and bloodletting treatment is useless, and these operations may aggravate the degree of hematoma, which may lead to increased bleeding or stasis spreading, and need manipulation, medication and other treatments.
1. Manipulation therapy: If the local bruising and swelling is not obvious after breaking the foot, you can use manipulation therapy; if the injury is serious and the local bruising and swelling is more serious, you should not use too heavy manipulation. You can use tendon manipulation, gently pressing, swelling and pain; or use local acupressure, can dredge the meridians of the qi.
2. Medications: In the early stage of the injury, it is advisable to use medications that promote blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain; in the later stage, it is advisable to use medications that relax tendons and activate collaterals and warm the meridians to relieve pain.
3. Other treatments: including fixation and practice, fixation of ligaments in the ankle joint for 2-3 weeks after the manipulation of the tendons; early practice of flexion and extension of the metatarsophalangeal joints and dorsal extension of the ankle joints, plantar flexion and dorsal extension of the ankle joints after the fixation, to prevent adhesion of the ligaments.
Swelling and pain treatment after a broken foot, need to be treated under the guidance of a doctor, do not hastily cupping cupping needle bloodletting treatment, to avoid aggravating the condition of the missed treatment.