How to cure a knee injury

One of the most common types of injury is injury, and often it falls on the knee area. The main symptoms of damage — pain, swelling and in some cases the hematoma. If not promptly take measures, there can be serious complications to cope with which will be possible only surgically. It is important to prevent this and to start treatment immediately after injury.

You will need

• - ice;
• - elastic bandage;
• - painkillers;
• - cottage cheese;
• - cabbage leaf;
• - anti-inflammatory and warming ointment.

Instruction

1. First aid for knee injury is the cooling of the joint. Wrap the ice in a thick cloth and apply to the injured place. This will reduce the swelling, eliminate swelling and relieve pain. Hold cold for no longer than 10-15 minutes, longer exposure can lead to inflammation of the joint.
2. Put the joint in a compression bandage. Better if it is an elastic bandage, but in its absence you can use a normal. Try not to give the load on the injured knee. Well, if you can immobilize him for at least 1-2 days.
3. If necessary, take an analgesic drug "Nurofen", "caution", "Nise", etc. They will not only ease your health, but also reduce inflammation.
4. Apply to the bruised joint cabbage leaf, only pre-make a few incisions through which will be the juice. Also, when a knee injury effectively compress of cheese. Apply it to the affected area, the top cover with polythene and secure with a bandage or clean cloth. Change the poultice once a day.
5. For the treatment of knee injury you can use not only folk remedies, but and pharmacy ointments. A good helping of "Diclofenac", "Diklak", "Indometacin", "Finalgon" and the like. Apply them several times a day until complete recovery.
6. If within weeks the knee pain wasn't gone, get a referral for physical therapy. Usually 10-15 procedures of electrotherapy dynamic currents and UHF-therapy is sufficient for full recovery.
7. Do not delay consulting a doctor. Ideally, it should be held on a day when injured. In some cases, under the injury is masked by the fracture or any other serious damage. Self-medication in this case will only hurt. Only after the x-ray it is possible to make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe therapy.