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Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:04 am  |
I have an egg shaped swelling on my ankle, of soft tissue from an injury years ago when I ripped a ligament and my foot and ankle became terribly swollen. My doctor has nothing to offer. I thought I'd ask y'all, since there is so much knowledge here amongst us.
Does anyone know how I can shrink it? I really am getting fed up with it!
TIA. |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:37 am |
| Has he done an MRI? Is it painful? |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:08 am |
Why is it swollen so long after the injury?
Did you see a good orthopedist? Did they do an MRI? Are the ligaments OK? All of that should be answered before attempting to do anything.
If everything is OK - then may be therapeutic ultra sound may help and/or electrical stimulation. A good physical therapist would be able to do the treatments.
HTH,
Lucy. |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:21 pm |
It isnt painful any more - thankfully - so my doctor is completely unconcerned about the swollen tissue, as it's just a cosmetic inconvenience...
Ultrasound? If thast would lessen the swelling, I could ask for that. It isnt going to be offered to me, not on NHS..  |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:33 pm |
there are some really good chinese topical oil-like thing for swollen tissues, they work amazing...but not sure if u can get them here (ur in the UK right!?)...if u would like, i will look at some that we've got and write down the product name, brand name and u can do a search for it.
just let me know!  |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:37 pm |
Another thing that came to mind - mud packs. There are wonderful and truly helpful ones by PRLABs (www.prlabs.com). They probably have a distributors in England. My mom and I had both used them and found them to be extremely helpful.
They are not expensive (about $15-20 for a jar), and you can do them yourself.
Best of luck,
Lucy. |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:44 pm |
yeahyeah, I'd would be very interested in that, please.
sigma, I'm going to look that up, thankyou for mentioning it. What did you and your mom use them for, if you dont mind to share? |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:02 pm |
| sometimes working the tissue manually, breaking it up can help disolve it. It won't be a painfree process, and it will take time, but I've seen it work for hardness around scars... |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:10 pm |
| MelissaMarie wrote: |
| sometimes working the tissue manually, breaking it up can help disolve it. It won't be a painfree process, and it will take time, but I've seen it work for hardness around scars... |
I think this would be great - if I could use an oil maybe like yeahyeah describes, and find a massage technique for draining tissue, I could make some progress. |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:13 pm |
We used it for post trauma things - to reduce swelling (after a fall), inflammation, joint pains.
You dissolve it with one of their liquids, apply it for 15 min, then wash off. It is a bit messy.
HTH,
Lucy. |
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Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:16 pm |
| catski wrote: |
| MelissaMarie wrote: |
| sometimes working the tissue manually, breaking it up can help disolve it. It won't be a painfree process, and it will take time, but I've seen it work for hardness around scars... |
I think this would be great - if I could use an oil maybe like yeahyeah describes, and find a massage technique for draining tissue, I could make some progress. |
you got it...it will take time, be paitent...but it really can work and might get very sore... |
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Fri May 04, 2007 4:50 am |
Catski, not sure if this will help as yours is an old injury, however just over two weeks ago I suffered something perhaps similar(?), twisted my foot and severely bruised the foot/ankle and broke/cracked a bone (cuneiform). My foot/ankle was swollen like a football for the first day or so and the bruising was truly spectacular.
Anyway I went back for an X-ray/checkup yesterday and the doc was amazed at how well it had healed in two weeks - he said he could hardly see the break at all any more. The swelling also disappeared after about 4 to 5 days (although if I didn’t keep it elevated it would recur, but seems OK now, touch wood)
Now what I did for this supposedly miraculous recovery was follow his advice, which was:
1. Wear tight trainers ALL the time, something comfortable with good support, either your usual with 2 to 3 pairs socks to make it tight on the offending foot, or in my case I bought some Nikes half a size smaller than I usually wear and wore 1 pair socks (I have to wear the trainers for a couple months)
2. Walk normally, ie do not limp, even if it hurts
3. Wear one of those compression tube bandage things all the time to reduce swelling. Although the swelling is now gone, I'm going to continue with this for the next couple weeks, though not full time, only when seated for long periods
In addition to his advice, I was applying emu oil MANY times a day over the whole foot/ankle, whenever I had time, but at least 5 to 6 times a day, then put the compression thing back on. (I like to think this helped, as it’s supposedly a good anti-inflammatory, but obviously I don’t know how it would have healed without the emu)
Also I kept it elevated, eg while at the computer I would have that leg up on the desk, in fact it’s very elegantly stuck up there now on a pillow as I type
Don’t know if any of this helps you, but you could maybe try a compression tube with regular applications of emu oil and perhaps gently massaging it? At least it won’t cost too much ...
Oh, and did you see your normal doc or someone at a public hospital/accident emergency? Not being concerned about swelling as it’s just a cosmetic inconvenience? Hmmm ... Maybe you could get another opinion? |
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Fri May 04, 2007 4:51 am |
| Wow... that must be my longest post ever! |
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