How to quickly reduce swelling from a sprained foot?

If you sprain your foot, you should pay attention to rest. It is recommended not to do strenuous exercise. Pay attention to rest and take good care of your body. If the foot injury is serious, you should go for a check-up in time to see if there are any broken bones. You can apply cold compress to the foot within 24 hours of the sprain to relieve it. After 24 hours, you can use heat to relieve it. How to quickly reduce swelling caused by a sprained foot? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Symptoms

How to reduce swelling from a sprained foot? Ankle sprain is the most common type of joint sprain in the body and is a very common clinical disease. Ankle sprains, especially inversion injuries, are common, causing strain, tearing or even rupture of the lateral collateral ligament. When walking or running, or stepping on empty space, or falling from a height, the outer edge of the foot touches the ground, and the plantar suddenly adducts inward, which can cause the lateral ankle ligament to be stretched and sprained, or even partially torn, and may also be combined with avulsion fracture of the lateral ankle.

After the injury, there is obvious tenderness on the inner or outer side of the ankle joint; there is obvious swelling on the inner and outer ankles, local subcutaneous ecchymosis, limited ankle joint movement, and difficulty walking.

2. On-site treatment of ankle sprain

Immediately after the injury, apply cold compress, apply pressure bandage, elevate the affected limb, keep the affected limb immobilized and rest, and apply new wound medicine externally.

3. Treatment after sprain

Apply cold or ice compress within 24 hours. Put crushed ice and cold water in a water bag and apply it to the injured area for about twenty minutes, and then apply it again after four hours. It helps to contract blood vessels, reduce bleeding, and relieve swelling and pain;

4. After 24 hours, you can apply hot compress every day

You can use a hot towel for local heat compress, or you can boil a Chinese medicine bag that promotes blood circulation and apply it to the affected area to promote blood circulation and reduce edema.

5. Rest after sprain

After a sprain, you need to rest and elevate the affected foot as much as possible. This will help blood circulation to the injured area and reduce swelling faster. Minor soft tissue injuries can generally heal on their own by resting.

6. Medication treatment

If it cannot heal itself within 2-3 weeks, active medication must be taken, otherwise it will develop into chronic inflammation. The recommended local medication is Huoluo wine, which is very effective in promoting microcirculation, reducing swelling and relieving pain. New sprains can usually heal within a week.

7. Soak your feet with Huoluo wine and Chinese medicinal herbs

If the swelling and pain have not subsided for more than 2 months after the sprain, or even develops into a chronic inflammation that lasts for many years, you must apply local activating wine combined with Chinese herbal foot soaking to dissipate congestion, promote microcirculation, and speed up recovery. This method can completely cure chronic inflammation that has lasted for several years in about a month.