If you want to rehab your ankle fast you must get the swelling down first
By Bret Mundt
Swelling after an injury is your body's way to prevent further injury
until your ankle can heal. The swelling helps to immobilize the joint
but it also prevents you from starting rehabilitation.
If you've ever had a significant injury that eventually required surgery
you know that swelling around a joint can and often does delay restorative
surgery.
Surgeons must wait until the swelling goes down until they are able to
do surgery.
So it makes sense that you must get the swelling out of your ankle before
you are able to start the rehabilitation process.
What are the best ways to reduce swelling?
There are many ways to reduce swelling but most of them are very slow
and are passive, meaning you will have to wait until your swelling goes
down with little or no action on your part.
Ice and elevation are the most conservative approach and consequently
the approach that most doctors recommend.
Ice whirlpools are an aggressive approach and when combined with specific
and activities during the thaw period, a person can experience
dramatic reduction in swelling. For advanced, specific, step by step instructions
about how to reduce swelling fast (in as little as 2-4 hours), you can
go to the following link:
reducing the swelling of a sprained ankle
Be certain that you do not have any structural damage to your ankle before
taking an aggressive approach to reducing swelling and starting the rehab
project. Only start aggressive rehabilitation of a sprained ankle after
a doctor has given you the ok.
If you have structural damage such as a torn ligament or torn tendons
or possibly chipped or broken bones, you will further injure your ankle
and make the rehab process longer and much more painful.
Be smart, if your ankle hurts really bad a day or so after the injury
occured or if you feel any instability, see a doctor right away.
If your ankle is just sore, but swelling has kept you from starting rehab,
get the swelling down as fast as possible so you can start rehabilitating
your ankle.
Next time we'll talk about strengthening your ankle so you can minimize
and maybe eliminate ankle sprains in the future.
Hope you get your sprained ankle back into shape fast-
About the Author
Bret Mundt had suffered from frequent and severe ankle sprains for most of his basketball career. He started searching for the best and fastest way to rehab a twisted ankle. After 8 years of searching he finally found it. Learn how to rehab a sprained ankle in as little as 5-7 days at his website: FastRehab.com
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