How can you fix a major ankle injury?

Answer 1

Follow your doctor's instructions religiously.

Eat healthfully, but not too much (avoid putting on weight), stay off the foot until it is healed (or follow your doctor's instructions), consume enough calcium, and get enough sleep.

Answer 2

It depends on what you did to it. General rule of thumb- Ice and elevate for sure. If you think you may have twisted it, wrap it and maybe take some Tylenol or something. If you can't walk on it, then get crutches. If you can walk on it, I would walk on it just not too much. If it continues to hurt see a doctor. (We thought my ankle was sprained so I treated it like a sprain, but it was fractured, so now I'm in a boot).

Answer 3

First you have to make sure that you didn't break you ankle. Most are either strained or sprained. There are 3 ligaments on the outside of the ankle and 2 on the inside. Usually twisting the ankle outward is the most common. You need to apply ice to the ankle. It will hurt as the ice cools but eventually become numb. You will need a few things to wrap the ankle 1. Cloth like a T-shirt ( old ) that you can layer cut and make a 4 inch x 4 inch x 3/4 inch pad. cut a horseshoe hole on one side and throught the middle. This will need to be placed on the ankle with the horseshoe hole pointing up surrounding the ankle bone. Then wrap an ACE bandage starting above the toes in a figure of eight pattern making sure not to wrap it too tightly. wrap the ACE up to about 6-8 inches above the ankle. The horseshoe pad will eliminate the bad swelling that will happen soon and will improve healing time. Elevate the foot higher than the heart. This will reduce the swelling. RISE is the formula I have used with the Navy SEAL teams Rest, Ice, Sedative (Motrin), Elevation. Note make sure that circulation is getting to the foot by squeezing the big toe and releasing it watch the color come back in the nail bed it should be within 1-2 seconds. If not loosen the bandage. Take Motrin, Aspirin, Advil, Nuprin. All of these have an anti-inflammatory affect and will also help in keeping down the swelling. In a couple of days you will notice a nasty purple bruise on the outside of the foot below the ankle. This is the result of broken capillaries and the blood pooling to the bottom of your foot. Start applying body weight as tolerated. You may need crutches ( GoodWill usually has a ton of them for about 2 bucks).