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Sprained ankle also called as an ankle sprain, rolled ankle, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury is a general medical situation where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn. Sprained ankle to the lateral aspect of the ankle account for 85% of ankle sprains. In medical parlance, swelling is the enlargement of organs caused by accumulation of excess fluid in tissues, also know as edema. Ankle are characteristics of inflammation, along with pain, heat, redness and loss of functions.
How to Prevent Swollen Ankles?
- Place a pillow under your legs during you are lying down.
- Be dressed in support stockings, which available at most drugstores. Support stockings put force on your legs and
- keep water from gathering in your legs and ankles.
- Stop sit or stand for too long without moving.
- Pursue your doctor's orders about preventive how much salt you eat.
- Heat mustard oil and apply it on the swelling caused by edema. massage the affected area with this oil is better for curing edema.
- Immerse mustard seeds in water during half an hour. Subsequently apply this water on the swelling. This is very useful to cure the swelling of the face.
- Regularly drink plenty of water: Redden your system with lots of water; I know this may seem like the differing thing to do when you are retaining fluid, but flushing the fluid away with more water is effective and you will soon see a reduction in the swelling.
- Raise your legs above your heart: Sitting in a recliner with it in fully reclined mode, will do wonders for your swollen ankles. If no recliner is available, then lying flat on your bed or the couch with your feet elevated above your heart on pillows will work just as well.
- Walking about may help with blood flow and reduce the swelling in your legs and ankles but everything in moderation; don't sit or stand in one place for too long. Move your toes and flex your heels every few minutes to improve your circulation.
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