Here is a method for your reference.

Don't rub and massage immediately after a sprained joint, and don't apply it with a hot towel. Cold compress with cold water or ice cubes 15 minutes, and external application of turpentine or notoginseng, Yunnan Baiyao, or dandelion, purslane and other Chinese herbal medicines.

Cold compress can be applied for 24-48 hours in acute phase, each time 10-20 minutes, once every 6 hours, and hot compress can be applied for 2-3 days after 48 hours to promote the absorption of local tissue exudates as soon as possible and relieve pain.

For those with mild symptoms, cold water or cold towel can be applied externally after the injury to raise the affected limb. At this time, cold compress can make blood vessels contract, reduce local congestion, lower tissue temperature, and play a role in hemostasis, detumescence and analgesia. Therefore, local cold compress should be carried out after acute sprain, and the sooner the better. Raising the affected limb can speed up the return of blood and lymph, so as not to cause blood stasis at the vascular injury.

Cold compress method: apply a towel soaked in cold water to the injured part and change it every 3 minutes or put it in a plastic bag filled with ice cubes for external application for 20 ~ 30 minutes each time. In summer, it can be washed with tap water, and the washing time is generally about 4 ~ 5 minutes, which should not be too long.

If the ankle sprain has been more than 24 hours, you should switch to hot compress therapy. At this time, hot compress can improve the circulation of blood and lymph, which is beneficial to wound congestion and absorption of exudate.

Hot compress method: put a towel soaked in hot water or hot vinegar on the wound, and replace it after 5 ~ 10 minutes when the towel has no heat sensation. 65438+ 0 ~ 2 times a day, hot compress for about 30 minutes each time.