How to quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain after spraining your ankle while playing basketball

People will suffer physical injuries in their lives due to some reasons, and the most common people who suffer physical injuries are teenagers who love sports. Spraining your ankle while playing basketball is a very common physical injury. When this happens, it must be dealt with in a timely manner, but many people don’t know how to deal with it. So, how to quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain if you sprain your ankle while playing basketball?

First, how can you quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain if you sprain your ankle while playing basketball? This situation usually occurs when the internal wound has basically healed, but the internal bleeding retained in the muscles and connective tissues has not been effectively evacuated. The retained blood clots press on the nearby nerves and should still cause pain during activities. Please go to a regular hospital first to rule out inflammation of the injured tissue and prescribe some Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Panax notoginseng stewed with crabs seems to have a good effect, but this is a folk remedy. If the swelling does not go away on its own after ten days or so, you can start using hot compresses. In fact, hot compresses can usually be applied 48 hours after the injury. Since your description of the injury is vague, you can go slower. The main purpose is to prevent the original trauma from bleeding again. While applying hot compress, use your hands to massage along the direction of the muscle tissue. If it hurts when you move your foot to a certain position, you can stretch the muscles at that position appropriately to allow the blood circulation to flow smoothly. If the qi and blood flow smoothly, the swelling will naturally disappear.

Second, if you sprain your ankle, remember to apply ice first to allow the blood from the capillaries to coagulate, then go to the hospital to see if the bones are injured. If there is no problem, go home and take care of it. It is best to raise your feet high to prevent congestion in the feet, otherwise the swelling will be more severe. After 48 hours, you can apply hot compresses, take levofloxacin to reduce inflammation, and use safflower oil or Yunnan Baiyao aerosol to reduce swelling!

Distinguish the severity of the injury. If you can stand with weight and walk with difficulty after spraining your foot, it means the sprain is mild and you can handle it yourself; if you feel severe pain when moving your ankle, cannot stand with weight or move, and the painful area is on the bone and it gradually becomes swollen, it means you may have sprained the bone and you should go to the hospital immediately for X-ray diagnosis and treatment. Use hot and cold compresses appropriately. In the early stages of a sprain, small ruptured blood vessels are bleeding. At this time, cold compresses can be used to cause the blood vessels to contract and clot, thereby controlling the progression of the injury. After 24 hours, the bleeding from the ruptured blood vessels stops. At this time, hot compress can be used to promote the dissipation of blood stasis around the sprain. Massage the sprained area correctly. In the early stage of sprain, it is better to apply continuous pressure on the hematoma; after 24 hours, kneading should be performed, taking the swollen area as the center and rubbing in all directions around it.

How can you quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain if you sprain your ankle while playing basketball? Do appropriate activities. In the early stages of sprain, swelling and pain gradually increase. You should stop activity and elevate the affected limb. After the condition stabilizes, you can gradually increase the activities of the foot and ankle as long as it is not very painful. Use medication rationally. In the early stages of sprain, there is no need to take any oral medication, and it is not advisable to apply any blood-activating medication externally to avoid more bleeding and greater swelling. If necessary, spray some "Get Well Fast" on the injured area, which will make you feel more comfortable. After 24 hours, take some Yunnan Baiyao, Dieda Pills, and Huoxue Zhitong Powder internally, and apply Wuhudan externally. After the swelling subsides, you don't need to take any internal or external medicines. If you sprain your foot and injure your bones, after the doctor puts on a cast, you must be careful not to move the affected foot within 10 to 20 minutes after the cast is applied. Because the plaster has not yet hardened and is easy to deform. During the first 24 hours after applying the plaster, attention should be paid to the tightness of the plaster.