What should I do if my ankle is sprained and the instep is swollen?

If you sprain your ankle and your instep is swollen, you can improve the condition by doing physical conditioning, or taking topical or oral medications. Doing a good job of daily maintenance can reduce the damage caused and contribute to rapid local recovery.

1. Physical conditioning: If you sprain your ankle and your instep is swollen, you can apply ice or a cold towel to cool it down in the early stages. The cold compress can paralyze the nerves, accelerate the contraction of blood vessels, and improve local swelling and pain symptoms. After about three days of recovery, you need to apply hot compress to the local area. You can use a hot towel or hot water bottle or soak your feet in hot water. This can speed up local blood circulation and help reduce swelling and pain symptoms.

2. Drug conditioning: If you sprain your ankle and the instep is swollen, you can apply some anti-inflammatory and blood-activating drugs externally, such as safflower oil. You can also use some blood-activating and analgesic plasters externally, such as musk bone-strengthening plaster, which can speed up local metabolism, promote the absorption of blood stasis, and improve local swelling. If the situation is more serious, you will need to take anti-inflammatory, analgesic and blood-activating drugs orally for conditioning. For example, celecoxib capsules can improve local swelling and symptoms of difficulty in flexion and extension.

After your feet swell, you need to rest properly and avoid excessive activity, otherwise the swelling will worsen and recovery will be more difficult.