Mild ankle sprains can be treated with immobilization bandages, while severe ones require external immobilization in a plaster cast or surgery.
After ankle sprain, there will be swelling, pain, activity limitation, need to brake rest, elevate the affected limb, reduce the activities on the ground. Application of fixation bandage can not only play a role in stabilizing the ankle joint, preventing local abnormal activities, reducing the role of pain, but also play a role in pressure bandage, improve local circulation, conducive to the return of blood, reducing the role of swelling.
However, the fixed bandage should not be too loose, too loose to play the role of fixation. Do not be too tight, too tight will affect the local blood flow, resulting in increased swelling and pain, serious distal ischemia, cold feet, numbness symptoms.
You can also follow the doctor’s instructions with ibuprofen and other pain medication and cold compresses on the affected area during the acute phase of pain relief treatment.
If the swelling is obvious, you need to go to the hospital to take pictures to check whether there is a fracture or ligament tear. If the fracture or ligament tear, according to the degree of injury to take conservative treatment or surgical treatment. Conservative treatment is based on external fixation with plaster casts, while surgical treatment includes internal fixation with incision and repositioning or ligament repair.
The symptoms of ankle sprain are obvious, you should consult a doctor in time, complete the relevant examination, clarify the degree of injury and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment, do not blindly deal with it on your own, so as not to cause adverse consequences.