Ligament sprain: Ligament sprain refers to the injury of soft tissues (such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, etc.). ) There is no fracture, dislocation, flesh injury, etc. in the joints or body parts of limbs. The main clinical manifestations are pain, swelling and limited joint activity in the injured part, mostly in the waist, ankle, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow and hip.
Ligament contusion: Generally speaking, it is because in the activity, the action beyond the range of joint activity is made, and the ligament injury is not serious, and redness will occur.
Ligament laceration: partial rupture of ligament, usually treated conservatively. Ankle ligament tear, surgical treatment may not be better than conservative treatment.
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Physical therapy for ligament strain
Cold compress and hot compress: wash the injured part with cold water or use ice cubes to stop bleeding. Then cover the bandage and press hard to prevent swelling. After 24 ~ 48 hours, the bleeding in the injured area has stopped. At this time, you can use a warm towel for hot compress or massage to reduce swelling and promote blood absorption. When carrying out warm and hot compress, the temperature should not be too high, the time should not be too long, and the massage should not be too heavy, so as not to aggravate exudation, edema or rebleeding.
Acupuncture: Acupuncture treatment is not limited by injury time, so the treatment is more flexible. Doctors will treat different acupoints with acupuncture according to the injured part.
Massage physiotherapy: generally, it can't be treated within 24-48 hours after injury to prevent swelling or bleeding from getting worse.
Surgical therapy
If all the above methods are effective, surgery can be performed, and the doctor will repair the broken ligament, but if the ligament is not completely broken, surgery is not recommended.
Traditional Chinese medicine therapy
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ligament strain is caused by external force, which causes muscle and bone injury, blood stasis, swelling and pain, disharmony between qi and blood, obstruction of meridians and even organ damage. Therefore, it is basically necessary to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.
To sum up, the choice of treatment methods for ligament strain should be targeted, and appropriate methods should be selected according to different degrees and different parts of ligament injury. With people's growing concern for health, more and more people choose traditional Chinese medicine, which has no side effects and is becoming more and more popular.
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Dietary contraindications: Soft tissue injuries are generally caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. You can eat foods with the functions of promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, such as notoginseng, onion, dried tangerine peel, rose, crab, rape, arrowhead, eggplant and hawthorn. But be careful, if there is still bleeding, don't choose.
Measures to prevent ligament strain Warm up before exercise.
Moderate exercise Don't be tired of exercising, and you can't help exercising.
Take precautions. For example, wear knee pads and wrist pads when exercising.
Eat more foods containing plant protein and vitamins.
Master scientific posture and avoid ligament strain caused by improper posture.