My ankle is still swollen after a month of sprain

One part of the body where sprains often occur is the ankle, because people use their ankles frequently in their daily lives. Especially for female friends, the chance of spraining the ankle will be greatly increased if they often wear high heels. After spraining the ankle, people will feel excruciating pain, and swelling will occur after a period of time. This swelling will usually disappear on its own within a few days, but what should I do if my foot is still swollen a month after spraining it?

My ankle was sprained and swollen for a month. What happened?

If your ankle is still swollen one month after a sprain, it may be a symptom of swelling caused by local soft tissue injury, which requires long-term rehabilitation and exercise to recover. If the condition persists, it is recommended that you go to a large hospital for an MRI to see if there is any ligament tear or articular cartilage damage.

Ankle sprain and swelling recovery precautions

1. During the first to third week after sprain, you need to limit your activities and lie flat with your lower limbs elevated. This can promote blood flow back to the feet and reduce bleeding and inflammation. The early period depends on the condition of the disease: 1 to 3 weeks for mild to moderate patients, 4 to 6 weeks for fracture patients, or even longer.

2. When the local swelling disappears and the pain is significantly relieved, you can perform appropriate joint activities without weight-bearing conditions, such as sitting on the edge of the bed or on a chair, flexing, extending and rotating the affected foot, stretching the ligaments and muscles, and improving the elasticity and toughness of the ligaments and muscles.

3. According to the principle of gradual progress, regularly perform joint exercises to promote joint

The whole joint is restored and repeated multiple times within a comfortable and painless range to ultimately achieve joint stability and movement coordination.

You should pay attention to protecting your ankle joints in daily life, warm up before exercise, wear sportswear and shoes during exercise, avoid wearing leather shoes or high heels to participate in strenuous exercise, and use protective equipment such as ankle guards to avoid ankle sprains.

For those with old ankle injuries, hot compresses or Chinese medicine fumigation can be performed frequently on the ankle. It is recommended to wear high-top sports shoes to protect the ankle joint. At the same time, women who love beauty should also pay proper attention to the tolerance of their ankle joints when wearing high heels. Generally, they should not wear high heels for more than 4-6 hours. They should also pay special attention to the road conditions when walking to prevent ankle sprains.