“What helps with a swollen ankle?”
My ankle is swollen. What helps with a swollen ankle?
10 Answers
Hi, sorry about the ankle. I'd start with RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate. This should hopefully ease your symptoms; if it doesn't start to improve after a few days I'd see a doctor. Hope this helps!
the origin of swelling needs to be known, if edema/pedal edema acupuncture is effective, also if sprained acupuncture will help as well
If it is from an injury, ice the first 12 to 24 hours, and then heat thereafter. Otherwise, there are too many causes to say what will help. Check with your local acupuncturist to see what they can do for you.
That depends on what the cause of the swelling is. Most of the time, it is related to Venous insufficiency, sometimes trauma, sometimes other pathologies. So without evaluating you personally, you will not know what your are treateing.
To help your swollen ankle I suggest you get massage, acupuncture and herbs for a while. This should relieve and gradually heal your swollen ankle problem.
Treatments to help bring down swelling and inflammation such as Acupuncture, as well as incorporating chiropractic or PT care as needed will greatly reduce the swelling.
Rest, Ice and elevation to start. I recommend you make an appointment with a foot and ankle surgeon (podiatrist) for evaluation and treatment options.
Acupuncture.
That depends on why it is swollen. High blood pressure can do that and an ankle sprain can do it. There are other causes too. Each is treated differently.
A lot is going to depend on why the ankle is swollen. If this is something like an acute injury (ankle rolled while hiking, etc.) then acupuncture, physical therapy, heat, and time will help.
If the ankles are swelling due to an undiagnosed heart condition, then we're in different territory all together.
If you haven't already done so, start with your primary care provider.
If the ankles are swelling due to an undiagnosed heart condition, then we're in different territory all together.
If you haven't already done so, start with your primary care provider.
