Spring is a good time for sports again. What to do if you sprain your foot while exercising? After an ankle sprain, the first reaction of many people is to move the ankle. If there is no pain or only mild pain, they don’t care. Seek medical attention only if the pain is unbearable, the ankle is swollen, and you cannot walk.
Even if I get to the hospital, I only take an X-ray. If there is no fracture, even if the doctor says to stop (i.e. prohibit activities and take more rest), many people think it is a big deal. Some people even think that a twisted ankle is just a minor injury, and it’s fine to apply heat or bandages.
In the face of sprains, attention should be paid to:
1. Even if there is no fracture, you should follow the doctor’s advice after the sprain, so that the damaged ligament can be repaired and healed in its normal position.
2. Apply cold compress to the affected area with an ice pack.
3. Appropriate pressure bandaging to reduce swelling.
4. Elevate the affected limb to allow the swelling to subside.
5. When combined with skin damage, do not deal with it by yourself.
Do the following to effectively prevent sprains:
1. Do moderate exercise to maintain muscle strength and flexibility, and warm up before exercise.
2. Walk carefully on slippery ground.
3. Wear high-top shoes or boots as much as possible to protect the ankle joints when moving on uneven roads.
4. Do not wear shoes with uneven soles.
5. Ankle sprains are prone to occur in the dark, so pay attention to lighting during nighttime activities.
5 misunderstandings of self-diagnosis of spondylosis
Mistake 1: heat compress to reduce swelling
Because of ligament soft tissue tear, small blood vessel bleeding, and tissue fluid exudation after spondylosis Increased, local pain and swelling, and gradually increased. Some people immediately use local hot compresses to relieve pain after stinging their feet. Although they are temporarily more comfortable, doing so will cause increased bleeding and exudation, further aggravating the swelling. The correct way is to apply cold compresses within 24 hours. Cold compresses can shrink blood vessels and reduce bleeding and edema. Only hot compresses can be applied after 24 hours.
Misunderstanding 2: Liquor scrub
There are many places in the folk who use liquor to ignite and scrub. It is believed that liquor promotes blood circulation, removes blood stasis, reduces swelling and relieves pain, and local massage is used at the same time as liquor scrubbing. This approach is very harmful. Massage should be contraindicated in the acute stage of the sprained foot, and it should not be ignited and scrubbed with white wine as soon as the sprain is sprained. Doing so is often counterproductive, further exacerbating bleeding swelling, skin ecchymosis, and even skin burns and blisters.
Misunderstanding 3: Unwilling to external fixation
Since ankle sprains are mostly varus injuries, more than 80% of the sprained feet will cause tear or rupture of the lateral ligament, resulting in ankle sprains Unbalanced tension on both ligaments. Many people think that it is very troublesome to use external fixation after a sprained foot, which affects walking activities and is reluctant to fix it. In fact, immobilization and immobilization after a sprained foot can help reduce swelling, relieve pain, and promote the recovery of soft tissue injuries.
Myth 4: Don’t seek medical attention in time
Some people think that a sprained foot is a minor problem, and there is no need to go to the hospital. Hidden danger to the recovery of ankle joint function. If the ankle is swollen and painful after the swollen foot, you should go to the orthopaedic department of the hospital immediately, and take a film to rule out ankle fracture. If there is a fracture, further internal or external fixation is required depending on the situation.
Myth 5: Not paying attention to rest
Some people do not rest after a sprain, and rest is one of the links in the recovery of ankle ligaments. Those with lighter wobbles should walk as little as possible; those with heavier wobbles should not walk on the ground, but also raise the injured ankle; if they continue to walk too much, it is not conducive to swelling subsidence and ligament repair, which will lengthen the injured lateral ankle ligament, Laxity, poor healing. Proper rest and professional rehabilitation exercises by rehabilitation specialists will help to restore normal function as soon as possible.
Organized by reporter Zhang Ye