A handy Footnote to Patients About Podiatrists and Foot and Ankle Specialists
Why does your ankle sprain still hurt? You can always have foot and ankle pain because the injury has not fully saved. Even though a sprain is different as a break, preserving the earth . often more painful may perhaps take longer to fix. Many people report having foot and ankle pain for few weeks or months before fully recovering from a damage. Although we can go about out daily routines; going to work, shopping, cooking etc, many times because the ankle has not fully recovered (shown by tenderness or swollenness) it leaves a larger percentage chance for a second injury. Foot and ankle pain on account of a sprained ankle end up being treated just as seriously as if from a broken ankle.
So how do heading about recovering from a sprained ankle. Well, several most injuries, RICE is recommended, but only for your first 48 hours. Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation can reduce foot and ankle pain for the original two days as well as prevent swelling and aid in the procedure However after 48 hours RICE loses its effectiveness and your left only with “R” – basically resting till the ankle heals itself. Most people (as I used to), simple judged their healing because when many normal things they can do. Yesterday they couldn’t go to work, today they could. Today it took you a while to walk up the stairs,, maybe in a few days it will be easier. Foot and ankle pain is just considered part of the healing process.
But now I prefer to take a more proactive personal preference. Although rest is a fit part of recovery through the injury, rehabilitation is very important. Your current products don’t start moving that ankle around, the muscles will become static, lose strength, and it also will much more get to you old self. I’d a nurse recommend massaging the ankle (firm rather than rough), stretching, and small exercises to construct up hardiness. Although initially I resisted, thinking always be only make my foot and ankle pain worse, she finally convinced me and Irealised i was surprised at the amazing satisfaction! The idea is that if you don’t push yourself to recover, your ankle might take the easy road to recover to a state of only what’s a necessity. I mean that should can walk up an airplane of stairs, but you can feel the stress in your ankle, danger that you can walk up, but wouldn’t it be better if fashion run up?
That’s why when I sprained my ankle several months ago, after the 48 hour resting period I immediately began exercising my rearfoot. Nothing stressful of training program.maybe walking to the kitchen, returning to “draw invisible circles” with my big toe, due to being on one foot, and other simple but painful exercises. In just a weekend I was walking and down stairs with little pain whereas in two weeks time I became jogging once more. The ankle stayed swollen for a long time on the other hand continued with massages and also the size eventually returned to normalcy. Much faster recover than anything I read online.
The Foot and Ankle Center
22510 SE 64th Pl Bldg F #120, Issaquah, WA 98027
(425) 358-4707
