How long to ice the sprained ankle

Patients with ankle sprains can be treated with ice, within 48 hours of the sprain can be given to the injured part of the external ice, 3-4 times a day, each time you can ice time 10-20 minutes, through the local ice treatment can make the temperature of the injured part of the lower, prompting the injury of the capillary spasm contraction, can reduce bleeding, swelling, but also to relieve the patient’s pain situation. After the ankle sprain more than 48 hours, you need to stop ice treatment, should be replaced by hot compress treatment, you can use towel hot compress, orthopedic wash fumigation, or external blood pain cream, gold cream, can also take oral Shu tendons and blood tablets, Yunnan Baiyao.