Nephew was playing hoops and jumped up for the ball and landed sideways his ankle, it has started to swell up, so I iced it. Any other suggestions on what to do for it. It just happened. He cant even step down on it.
2006-12-30 16:26:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Ice, wrap with an ace bandage, pain killer, and stay the hell off it.Don't listen to anyone telling you to 'walk it off'. He's torn ligaments, and they heal slowly. It may not be up to full strength for quite awhile, so take it EZ or he'll do it again, even worse
2006-12-30 17:17:34 · answer #1 · answered by badabingbob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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?
2016-05-17 09:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ice 15 minutes on 20 off, 15 on 20 off for 6 -12 hours, do you have an elastic bandage, wrap it. Stay off it, use a wheel chair or crutches for several weeks. use pain reliever as directed while there is pain
2006-12-30 16:30:50 · answer #3 · answered by LatterDaySaint and loving it 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the swelling doesn't go down in 24 hours have it x-rayed, as there could be a break.
2006-12-30 16:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by Robert F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm i would make him rest it for a day or two and saty off it and keep iceing it and if it dont get better take him to the doctor
2006-12-30 16:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by brandi1092 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some x-rays, its either nasty sprain or possibly broken, depends on how he landed on it. i did the same thing but in gymnastics, i landed totally wrong and it turned out to b fractured. i would get it checked out
2006-12-30 16:36:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take him to the ER. Sounds like it needs an x-ray.
2006-12-30 16:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Lab Rat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a doctor ice it and stay off it
2006-12-31 00:34:40 · answer #8 · answered by gousa1991 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elevate it too. Above heart level.
2006-12-30 16:34:05 · answer #9 · answered by averyanne77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋