What is soft tissue injury? How does it behave?
Soft tissue injury refers to sprains and contusions of skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joint capsules under the action of external forces. Such as accidentally sprained ankle when walking, wrist injury when falling, or muscle or tendon strain during exercise. The main manifestations of soft tissue injury are local redness, swelling, pain, limited movement, obvious tenderness, dysfunction, etc. Common soft tissue injuries include ankle, wrist, knee sprain, muscle strain, ligament injury, etc.
Second, how to deal with it?
In the early stage, the main thing is to rest, if it is a joint sprain, stop the activity immediately, prevent swelling, and apply analgesic and inflammatory drugs. Massage and heat therapy are strictly prohibited.
In the medium term, it is necessary to improve local blood circulation and promote the metabolism of the organization. It can use heat therapy, massage, drugs and other treatments, while a small amount of functional rehabilitation exercises.
Later to strengthen muscle strength, restore joint motion, release adhesion, usually based on functional exercise. When the joint is injured, it often leaves behind pain and other sequelae, which does not heal for a long time, affecting walking, and bringing great inconvenience to life and work. So, how can we recover as soon as possible and avoid the sequelae? The most scientific approach is to solve the swelling problem caused by tissue damage and poor microcirculation early in the injury.
3. Common soft tissue injuries - ankle sprains:
Ankle sprain is also called "ankle sprain", is a more common accidental injury. When people walk on the uneven road, climbing, downhill, downhill or running, jumping, once they lose their footing, it is easy to cause the ankle joint to suddenly overturn or turn outward and cause sprain. Its clinical manifestations include redness, burning, swelling, pain, skin ecchymosis, and limited movement of the ankle.