Bruised my hip during soccer and now everytime i dive it hurts tremendously and it swells up real bad. Now I was just wondering what i should do ... i've been keeping ice and ibuprofen but is there anything else?
2007-09-18 12:39:21 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
If this bruise is more than 24 hours old, you are past the point for ice and should be applying heat instead. A bruise is blood that has leaked into the tissues and it has to be absorbed. Now you can speed the absorption buy applying some heat a few times a day but, in the end, it will require time.
Ibuprofen for pain and heat are about the limits of what you can do. The easiest way to apply the heat, and the most effective way, would be to soak in a bathtub. Not only will the moist heat help with the bruise absorption but it will also help with the pain caused by the bruise.
2007-09-21 14:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by ilse72 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋