How to recover from ankle ligament injury

After an ankle ligament injury, the affected limb should be elevated and immobilized to avoid further soft tissue damage caused by the activity. If the condition is mild and the pain is tolerable, you can apply ice and topical medication within 48 hours of the injury. If the pain is severe, the patient should be kept under restraint and promptly checked at the hospital for tendon rupture or damage to important tissues such as bones. Common clinical methods to promote recovery include: 1. Early: ice can be applied within 48 hours after injury to effectively relieve local pain and swelling, and hot compresses can be applied after 48 hours to promote dissipation of bruising; patients with severe symptoms can use bandages, braces or casts to brake the affected ankle joint and seek medical attention promptly; oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen and diclofenac sodium, can also be taken orally or You can also take orally or apply local Chinese medicine with blood activating and stasis removing effect, such as Panax ginseng tablets and safflower oil, which can accelerate the inflammation reaction to subside; 2. Medium-term: physical therapy such as acupuncture and red and blue light irradiation can be used to promote the subside of bruising and relieve pain to promote recovery; those with serious condition or unsatisfactory effect of conservative treatment and still have symptoms after 3-6 months of treatment can choose surgery to help the recovery of injury. If pain and swelling are not obvious, light activity exercises can be performed, but care needs to be taken to control the initial range of motion. Under the symptom tolerance, you can progressively increase joint activities and perform surrounding muscle strength training, such as ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion movement training, toe walk, static balance training, etc., to promote recovery; 3. Late stage: refers to after you can get out of bed, during this period, you need to resume normal activities, it is recommended to appropriately carry out walking, brisk walking, etc., and subsequently you can wear comfortable sports shoes and jog on a flat surface, you can appropriately increase the curve of walking, Emergency stop and turn running, etc., to promote ligament recovery.