How do you treat a ligament injury in the foot?

Question

thats what this rugby doctor told me....it was probably some ligament injury....it hasnt healed and its been there for a couple months now...its as if its a broken bone or something.....anyways how do i treat it other than the ice suggestion that she said which helps but doenst seem to be getting a whole lot better

by the way dont say out heat on it....she said not to.......dont say ice because i already said that and lastly dont say go to a doctor because i will go when and if i feel like it isnt healing....i already saw a whatever she is maybe physiotherapist so dont give me cheap answers for points

i put this in this section because i already put it in the healt section and want both answers and football players get injured a lot too

Answer 1

I've had some ligament damage in my ankle before. It's going to take a very long time to heal without surgery. The main thing is, don't do too much with it, when you can walk on it without pain you will be ready to start exercising it. I don't know what part of the foot you hurt, but strengthening the muscles around the injury is very important. That's really all the advice I can give you, there's no miracle cure here. If it's really bothering you, you may want to consider surgery, your recovery time will be much shorter. I elected not to have surgery, it took close to a year to get back to 90%, there is still some very slight instability in my ankle.

Answer 2

buy a arch support for your shoes that will help reduce some of the strain that you put on there by walking on it.

and other than that its either take it lightly and hope it gets better or have surgery. ligaments dont heal very quickly on their own, but if its not torn generally it will. if you do have a tear though, surgery is probably the best bet.

ive heard that shark cartilage may help with the healing process. you can find it in nutritional stores. i dont really know how effective it is, if at all, but thats what ive heard.