How to treat a sprain

The injured area usually swells quickly, it really hurts, walk it becomes difficult. As soon as you can apply to the sore spot something cold, until the piece of meat out of the freezer or soaked in cold water towel. This will help reduce swelling.

Eliminate the broken leg. If the bone is intact and the plaster is not required (and this can only be determined by x-ray), treatment of sprains of the joint can be performed at home.

Make iodine mesh on the place of stretching. Apply it 2-3 times daily until swelling subsides.

Damaged joint lock imposition of a very tight bandage. As it breaks and in order to once again make iodine mesh bandage will need to remove and to pull over again, even at night.

In the early days the leg hurts very much, so keep quiet and try to walk as little as possible.

As a rule, at strong stretching and especially when ligaments are damaged the blood vessels, formed a large hematoma and leg turns blue, and almost black. In this case, several times a day RUB troxevasin gel (to restore the walls of blood vessels) and use of the pain or ointment with its contents, which promotes the resorption of hematomas and bruises.

After three or four days you can start to do warm compresses, which will help to cope with pain and to reduce swelling. At this stage of treatment is useful and packs of vodka. Do not use pure alcohol – it can burn the skin.

The most important is the stretching of the joint necessarily need to be treated until the end, until complete recovery and strengthen the ligaments that disappeared all symptoms. Do 15-minute massage of the ankle, and wear a pressure bandage for at least a week after the skin will restore the natural color, otherwise it is possible relapses.