Fastest way to heal a sprained ankle?

Question

I sprained my ankle playing basketball. I'm going to Jordan in 2 days, and i have to wear heals for a wedding!! Help!!! I'm icing it, ankle support, hot/cold treatment. Help please!!

Answer 1

Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

RICE! Rest....obvious

Ice, wrap in a small towel, 15min on 15min off

Compression: Tensor bandage, as much time as possible.

Elevation, keep it elevated....yeah elevated.

Answer 2

I badly sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago. I was in a hurry going down the stairs, lost my balance and landed on a bad side of my left foot, causing my left ankle to be stretched going on the inside. The first 48 hours were excruciating and the pain was un-believable. I've never had a serious ankle injury before.

So I immediately treated it using the RICE method. The following day, the bruising and swelling were so horrible. I found out that I got a second degree sprain and immediately panicked after that. I had a football game on that week and it been looking forward to it because I've been training for rt. I had teammates that had similar injuries and it took them months to fully recover, some of them stopped playing altogether. So I kinda had a short-term depression because I can't imagine myself not being able to run and play sports anymore.

Because I was so desperate to recover again, I contacted a lot of people that I know who do sports and asked them if they had similar injuries. One friend of mine, from the boy's football team in my university, told me about H.E.M. Ankle Rehab. I got a copy 4 days after I got injured. I immediately read and followed what was instructed and felt improvement on the first day. I was able to walk a bit, but I was in pain.

A couple of days after that, the swelling and bruising were subsid-ing significantly and on the fourth day, I was walking comfortably again. Although I've had felt a bit of stiffness, I continued doing what was instructed. My sister was surprised that I have recovered this fast. I told her about this book and was shocked on how effective the procedures were. I'm just so happy that this book was shared to me and how effective it is.

Heal your ankle fully & fast?

Answer 3

Ice it for 2-3 days and then heat after that. But most important STAY OFF IT.....when I hurt my ankle awhile back my orthopedist told me if I stay off the ankle 23 and a half hours, but walk on it the other 30 minutes I would undo all the good done staying off of it the other 23 hours and 30 minutes

Answer 4

Ice Pack the sprain and keep off the ankle. You are doing the right things it just takes time. You should be good in two days. Don't worry and enjoy the wedding. If it's yours congrats.

Answer 5

If you are not already taking it, take Ibuprofen several times a day. Stay off your feet as much as possible the next few days. Elevate your foot when sitting. Gently massage the ankle to keep scar tissue from forming. Stretch your ankle if it doesn't hurt to do so.

Answer 6

Do you have any therapy treatments? Pro athletes get back on the field quickly by doing therapy many many times a day, not only once or twice. For proper therapy for your particular type of sprain(high ankle, calf,etc...) go to www.webmd.com. Proper therapy is simply stretching.

Answer 7

try to stay off of it for a couple days..you dont have to be inactive, but make sure you DO rest it, when ur sitting down, keep it elevated. Ice it a couple times a day for NO MORE than 20 min. at a time. also, wrap it with co-ban, not tight, but snug (you can get it at a feed store for half the price as a pharmacy) all of this will keep swelling down and promote healing.

Answer 8

It may be too late now, but walking on it the first or second day--instead of just doing the R.I.C.E. method--may add days to your misery.

Answer 9

stay off your feet and ice it down

Answer 10

Walk on it