Bruised foot: treatment at home

A foot injury can be caused by any impact, for example, by a blunt heavy object.

Often, a household injury occurs after an unsuccessful jump, a heavy object suddenly falls on the leg or other factors. The largest number of people receiving such trauma are children. Basically, these are kids playing soccer, not wearing special shoes for sports.

A foot injury can occur due to negligence or inattention. To treat such an injury must be treated very responsibly.

How to determine a fracture of a foot or a bruise

In general, the symptoms of these injuries are quite similar. The first aid is also almost identical. If there was a hematoma with the resulting injury, there was edema, made a cold compress, put a foot on the pillow, drank a drug that could take off the pain and it became easier, it's a bruise. The second way: make an emphasis on the foot, knock on it, if you feel unbearable pain, then - a fracture. The best way is to take an X-ray and show the picture to the doctor.

What should I do first with a punch?

The actions after the acquired injury depend on which part of the body is hurt. For example, the fingers, the arch of the foot, the tendon of the ankle, the sole of the foot and the heel.

In addition, you need to know the extent of the injury. If everything is serious enough, you should immediately consult a doctor. This concerns the rupture of ligaments, dislocation and other significant injuries. The matter is complicated by the fact that it is very difficult to diagnose such a trauma, therefore the main sign that it is time to go to the hospital will be the nature of the injuries received, and how much the foot is hurting.

Remember that you need to immediately contact a specialist if you have found a displacement of the joints and bones.

Contusion of the foot in the child what to do

If the skin has suffered, then it is necessary to treat these areas with antiseptic agents( iodine, zelenka, hydrogen peroxide).Give the child an analgesic( Analgin).Lubricate the foot with ointment( Diclofenac, Ibuprofen).On the leg, apply a tight bandage, fix it( it is better to use an elastic bandage).Give a week of rest to your leg. It is better after a first aid visit a doctor and not engage in self-medication.

Symptoms of

The first symptoms with a foot injury:

• the site of the injury significantly reddened;
• at the injury site formed edema;
• in the area of ​​damage greatly increased temperature;
• pain, which then pulsates, then subsides, when the injured person is at rest.

Important! The very first action should be applying ice to the bruised place. If the trouble happened far from home, then instead of ice you can put any cold thing, for example, buy a cold ice cream in any nearby stall. It is necessary to limit the mobility of the legs with any fixator( dense bandage or elastic bandage).

How to treat a foot injury?

If there is nothing serious, the bruised place is treated with any known anesthetic ointment or balm with anti-inflammatory effect( Lyoton-gel, Diclofenac).After the day passes, painkillers and ointments are changed to warming preparations( Fastum-gel, Finalgon).

In order to reduce swelling appoint a course of drugs that have a stimulating effect on excess fluid. The main condition will be the immobility of the leg that suffered. Do not step on it until full recovery.

Important! To ensure that the injured place does not show itself in the future with rheumatic pain, you must carry out restorative procedures. These procedures include electrophoresis, physical exercises or physical training and exposure to ultraviolet radiation for trauma.

If a woman is injured, it is recommended that for the next period of recovery not walk on any kind of heels. This is necessary so that there is no heavy burden on the bruised foot.

If the injury occurred several weeks ago, and the pain does not subside, you should always take an X-ray in the hospital. Fracture of the arch of the foot is usually almost invisible, because the bones in this part of the body are small. Doctors say that you can gently step on the bruised leg, if even a few bones are broken, but this is fraught with bias. It is for this reason that treatment must begin on time.

Methods of treatment with folk remedies

Traditional medicine has saved people from various ailments from time immemorial.

Aloe

An excellent remedy for the treatment of foot injury, long established itself consists of aloe. This healing plant is taken in the proportion of 100 grams and mixed with 200 grams of ordinary river sand. Mass is insisted for three days and after that it is squeezed and smeared on the foot several times a day.

Lipa

Another proven remedy for such trouble is a composition consisting of 1 tablespoon of chopped washed leaves of ordinary linden, drenched with steep boiling water and infused for half an hour. After the tincture has fully cooled, it is filtered and rubbed bruised place until the bruise is gone completely.

A good remedy for such trauma is prepared from any green plant( it is better to take a darker one).The plant must be rubbed with hands until the juice is isolated. This juice is bruised. The drug acts well on the sore spot, thanks to the chlorophyll( green pigment) contained in it.

Vinegar

Another recipe, which is often used by grandmothers is ordinary vinegar. It is necessary to dilute 2 tablespoons of pre-diluted vinegar in 1 liter of water. If you use essence, take 2 teaspoons of vinegar. In this solution, wet the cloth and put it on the bruised place. It is recommended to perform the procedures two or three times a day. Usually a bruise takes place on the second or third day.

Burdock

An ointment made from burdock leaves has long been recognized as an excellent remedy for a foot injury. You should take the laundry soap in black and finely chop it or grate it. In the resulting ground mass add camphor powder in an amount of 30 grams and exactly the same ammonia. The mixture is filled with white turpentine and thoroughly mixed. The resulting composition lubricates the site of the injury until the stop does not stop ache.

Salt foot baths with a foot injury

To prepare a saline solution, take 100 g of salt and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Stir well the solution to dissolve the salt. Allow it to cool slightly to be above room temperature. Dampen in this water cotton cloth, gauze and put on the foot, for 1 hour. You can also make a salt bath for 5 minutes. To do this, dissolve the salt in the same proportions and cool to 23 degrees the resulting solution.

Compresses with contusion

Thanks to traditional medicine for bruises, there are enough varieties of compress. But before this procedure, after getting injured during the first day with a bruise, a cold stop is required. After the first day, you can warm the foot.

The most common - vodka compress( just soak the fabric with vodka and wrap the sore spot).You can also use vinegar, vegetable oil and boiled water in a ratio of 1: 1: 1.In the resulting mixture, moisten the cloth with a wrap around the leg, cover with a film and a blanket. Do this procedure several times a day.

The list of proven drugs from foot injuries closes home medication, consisting of boiled water at room temperature, vegetable oil and diluted vinegar. Each of these ingredients should be taken one tablespoon and mix thoroughly. In this solution, you need to moisten the usual tissue( best if it is cotton) and put in place of a bruise. Top with cellophane and tie with a dry cloth. The procedure should be carried out for several days until the bruise disappears completely.

Experts say that any bruise, even the strongest, completely passes in two or three weeks, unless of course there are fractures. If you are engaged in treatment, follow all the recommendations( make compresses, apply ointments, do not load your foot, go to physiotherapy if necessary), then treatment will be faster. But the pain still remains a little. And after the passed course. Also it is necessary to observe peace. Do not give a big load to the foot.