Broken feet are a very common condition, how long do you need to apply cold compresses to broken fee

Introduction: If you have a broken foot, then you must choose a cold compress.

Some people are always swaying when walking, so at this time you must make appropriate adjustments, never look at your mobile phone when walking, and be sure to look at the traffic when crossing the street, so that you can also ensure your health, if this always happens, you must change yourself into a pair of comfortable shoes. If you accidentally break your foot, the first thing you need to do is to use a cold compress to help yourself. The cold compress must be cold for 20 minutes, so that you can feel comfortable, and you must adjust it appropriately.

Many people usually like to wear high heels, if you like to wear high heels, then you should also adjust your situation appropriately, and be sure to choose a pair of comfortable shoes for yourself, so that you will not let yourself have the phenomenon of broken feet. Some people feel very painful after getting their feet, at this time you have to stop on the spot, don't let yourself walk anymore, you must do some exercises properly, and you can't let yourself always have a broken foot.

Some people are particularly anxious at work, at this time you can get up early in the morning, don't let yourself be so flustered, it is not good for yourself, you must apply a cold compress properly after breaking your foot. The cold compress must have enough time, must be about ten to twenty minutes, and must be done several times, so that you can make yourself more comfortable and can help yourself. If your feet are swollen or there are some bad conditions, it will also affect your activities, then you must do it appropriately at this time, see what the doctor's advice is, you must be extra careful when walking, don't wear high heels for the road that is not good to walk, it will also affect you a lot, and you must learn to adjust yourself at ordinary times.

Broken feet generally need to be cold for about 48 hours, you can first apply ice for 10-15 minutes, and then stop and rest for a while. Short, repeated ice compresses are used to relieve local swelling. If the ice is applied for too long, it is easy to cause frostbite at low temperatures.

Therefore, it is recommended to apply a short intermittent ice application for the first 48 hours after the foot is broken, which can have a very good effect on reducing swelling.

It is necessary to apply a cold compress for about half an hour on the broken feet, because this is scientifically based and in line with medical common sense, and many people will do this, so we must pay attention to this aspect of the problem.

Cold compress 2 for 3 minutes, in 24 hours can be applied three or four times. This will give your capillaries a very good contraction and relieve some of the swelling.

I feel like I need a cold compress for a day. Doing so will make you feel more comfortable.

What to do if you sprain your foot during sports? After an ankle sprain, many people's first instinct is to move their ankle. If there is no pain or mild pain, I don't mind.

Some people think that a sprained ankle is just a minor wound and that it is better to cover it with a dressing or bandage. But these methods are all wrong. There is no fracture after spraining the ankle, but the external ligaments may be torn.

If not immobilized and immobilized immediately, the injured ligament will recover from the abnormal position, weakening the force that maintains the stability of the ankle joint, resulting in habitual ankle sprains, some people spraining several times a year. There is also the issue of reducing ankle pain. The site of the early ligament tear may be painful, but long-term abnormal stress on the ankle can lead to traumatic arthritis.

What to do if you sprain your foot? Whether it is a young man or an old man who sprains his foot, he needs to rest and brake for the first time. Actions that cause injury must be stopped immediately.

If possible, elastic plastic film can be used to wrap the injured area, which effectively reduces the severity of soft tissue damage, while reducing bleeding, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. Intermittent cold compresses are applied within 2 days of injury, wrapping ice cubes in a dry towel and placing them on the most painful areas every 20 minutes and every 2 hours. Intermittent cold compresses can prevent bleeding capillaries, reduce bleeding, reduce swelling, and relieve pain.

Local hot compresses can be applied with hot towels 2 days after injury, but can prevent burns, hot compresses can promote local blood circulation, speed up local oxygen and nutrients**, and help the recovery of damaged tissues. Supplemental examinations should be performed aggressively, and if there are signs of surgery, surgery should be performed aggressively**. Conservative ** is also recommended to fully restore damaged soft tissues within 3-4 weeks of plaster fixation.

Sufficient attention must be paid to it. Otherwise, the soft tissue will not heal well, and the foot will often be broken in the future. Warm compresses to reduce swelling, some people use local hot compresses to relieve pain immediately after spraining their feet, which is convenient for the time being, but this will increase bleeding and penetration, making the swelling more severe.

Liquor scrubbing, massage should be avoided in the acute phase of the anklet, and no one should light the liquor to wipe as soon as it is sprained. Doing so tends to have the opposite effect, resulting in bleeding, swelling, moles, and even... burns. If you don't want external fixation, foot fixation and immobilization can help reduce swelling, relieve pain, and recover from soft tissue injuries.

Some people think that a sprained foot is a minor problem, and they can go to the hospital to alleviate and delay the condition, for example, a fractured patient with a torn leg will lead to an early **, hidden danger of restoring ankle function. Part of the ankle ligament recovery. People with sprained feet walk less than lighter people.

A person who sprains his ankle cannot walk in the field, and his ankle must be raised. If you continue to walk too much, it is not conducive to the swelling and recovery of the ligament, and the damaged lateral malleolar ligament will become longer, looser, and heal.

In fact, the doctor doesn't have time to judge, only look at your joint symptoms, if there is redness, swelling, heat and pain, think that there is an acute reaction, and you need to continue to apply ice. So this time may be 48 hours or a week, so it is mainly judged by the symptoms.

It takes about 30 minutes, so that the effect of swelling can be removed, and it can also relieve pain and relieve the condition at the same time.

Generally, you should apply a cold compress for about 20 minutes, because in this way you can eliminate the swelling of your feet, make your ankles more comfortable, and achieve a relieving effect.

Broken feet are indeed a very common situation, if you want to apply a cold compress after the broken foot, then about 20 minutes of cold compress is enough, if you use a cold compress for a long time, it will also cause a certain degree of damage to your feet in the later stage.

If you have a broken foot, you can apply a cold compress intermittently for 48 hours, 4-6 times a day, for about 15 minutes each time. Note not to frostbite through a towel**, and after 72 hours, you can change to physiotherapy hot compress, braking, less walking, external Chinese medicine, etc. If there is no relief, it is recommended that patients with broken feet need to go to the hospital to find a doctor for specific diagnosis and treatment to see if there is any bone problem.

Use heat and cold compresses correctly within 24 hours of injury.

Cold compress method: Put a towel soaked in cold water on the wound and change it every 3 minutes or so, or you can put ice cubes in a plastic bag for external compression, 20 to 30 minutes each time. In summer, you can use tap water to rinse, and the rinsing time is generally about 4 to 5 minutes, not too long.

If the ankle sprain has been more than 24 hours, a warm compress should be used instead**. At this time, warm compresses can improve blood and lymphatic circulation, which is conducive to the absorption of bruising and exudate from the wound.

Hot compress method: Put a towel soaked in hot water or hot vinegar on the injured area, and replace the towel after 5 to 10 minutes when there is no heat. Apply 1 2 times a day for about 30 minutes each time.

Apply a cold compress within 24 hours and a warm compress after 48 hours.

Should I apply cold or hot compresses to my feet? How do I do first aid? Wellness experts tell you.

In the early stage of a foot sprain, a small ruptured blood vessel is bleeding, and a cold compress can be applied to constrict the blood vessel and coagulate to control the progression of the injury. After 24 hours, the bleeding from the ruptured vessel stops, at which point a warm compress can be applied to help the bruising around the sprain dissipate.

In the acute phase, cold compresses can be applied for 24 to 48 hours each time, 10 to 20 minutes each time, once every 6 hours. Massage is not possible in the acute phase. If the swelling symptoms are aggravated, the capillary damage has not recovered well, so you can't soak it.

**The method should be based on promoting the smooth flow of microcirculation, and the method can be used with cold compresses and not massaged within 24 hours of injury. It is about 24 hours after the injury can be massaged or warmed to the affected area, at which time it can indeed promote blood circulation, speed up the absorption and subside of congestion, and help the injured tissue repair and healing. **：

Traditional Chinese medicine is mainly to invigorate blood and disperse stasis, promote the smooth flow of microcirculation, can use plaster external application**, mainly to regulate the microcirculation system, stimulate the body's regulatory function, as long as the microcirculation is unblocked swelling, pain, ecchymosis can disappear, and the body function will follow**,**Search for the ancestral black plaster of the old Ma family.

Use an ice cold compress within an hour, can not push the cold compress is useless after hours, but can not push, use an appropriate amount of gauze to moisten the "Zhenggu water" external application, external plastic film moisturizing, 1 time a day after the massage hot compress, gauze appropriate amount of moistening "Zhenggu water" external application, external use of plastic film moisturizing, 1 time a day.

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Apply a cold compress within 3 days, followed by a warm compress.

Immediately after the foot is finished, rinse the affected area with cool water, hold it for a while and then continue, or apply ice cubes to the affected area, which will have the effect of reducing the swelling, and you can not apply a hot compress until 12 hours later or after the swelling has subsided. Use safflower oil or Yunnan Baiyao aerosol to spray the affected area about 3 times a day.

Let's talk about the method I used, which I also found on the Internet. For recovery methods after 12 hours, buy plastic wrap, facial tissues, and safflower oil. Take out a piece of facial tissue, open the safflower oil, permeate the tissue with safflower oil, then apply it to the affected area, and wrap it in plastic wrap (be careful not to wrap it too thickly).

Then change it every 8 hours. That is, get up early the next day and replace it with a new one. Personally, I feel that the results are quite fast.

It should be applied through a towel, 20 minutes.