How can I manage a knee sprain?Rest your knee and do not exercise. Do not walk on your injured leg if you are told to keep weight off your knee. Rest helps decrease swelling and allows the injury to heal. You can do gentle range of motion exercises as directed to prevent stiffness. ...
When you are taking a rest, avoid using your ankle and put weight on your sprained ankle. If necessary, you can use crutches to help keep your balance and distribute your weight when walking. Also, you can try using an elastic ankle brace to add stability and reduce inflammation and swelli...
A grade 3 sprain is the most serious injury with the longest healing/recovery time. A sprain of this severity can easily take 8 to 12 weeks or even longer to heal completely. Physicians usually immobilize the joint and prescribe physical therapy, just as with a grade 2 sprain. However, the...
A guide for how to deal with aches and pains from running to keep you pain-free. Aches and pains are a part of a runner's journey.
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Unfortunately, most people don’t know how to wrap a sprained wrist. One of the most common mistakes is to wrap below the palm but forget to wrap part of the hand as well. To effectively secure the wrist, you have to wrap it in a way that also restricts movement of the thumb, hand...
Building on point one, unless the injury is minimal, like a cut or a bruise, you should not continue to play. If you get the injury during a game of soccer or practice, continuing to play could cause serious damage. For example, if you have a sprained ankle and you continue to run ...
Your muscles heal very differently than your bones. If you fracture a bone, as long as it is set and fixed in place properly, it will tend to heal so thoroughly that it will become stronger than it was before the fracture! Bone tissue heals with calcium
you have a bone moving around because pulling on that tight sock can move it. OUCH. My doctor said to hold off on a compression sock until I could press on the area I injured and it didn’t hurt (meaning the bone was starting to heal), and then I could put on a compression sock...
you have a bone moving around because pulling on that tight sock can move it. OUCH. My doctor said to hold off on a compression sock until I could press on the area I injured and it didn’t hurt (meaning the bone was starting to heal), and then I could put on a compression sock...