What happens after ankle sprain?

There will be pain and swelling around the ankle, which is easy to get worse when pressed. Mainly joint sprain, accompanied by soft tissue tear around ligament, causing pain, increased tissue exudate, leading to swelling. The problem of limited ankle joint activity is easy to aggravate during the activity, because sprain will cause pain, lead to limited activity or obvious swelling, and also directly affect the range of activity. The stability of ankle joint is reduced, and joint sprain will be accompanied by tearing of peripheral ligaments, which will lead to the decrease of joint stability.

This is caused by varus foot. Because the lateral ankle is longer than the medial ankle and the lateral ligament is weaker, the foot varus movement is greater. Injury of lateral ligament is common in clinic, and partial tearing of lateral ligament is common. The clinical manifestations are lateral pain, swelling and limping of ankle joint. Sometimes you can see subcutaneous congestion; Tenderness of lateral ligament; When the foot is varus, the pain of the lateral ligament is aggravated and the lateral ligament is completely broken: this situation is rare and the local symptoms are more obvious. Because the lateral ligament is out of control, varus activity may be abnormal. Sometimes there is a small piece of bone and ligament tearing outside the ankle joint, which is called avulsion fracture. In varus photography, the inclination angle of tibia to articular surface far exceeds the normal range of 5~ 10? The joint space of the affected side is widened.

It is caused by strong eversion of the foot, and the incidence of eversion is low. Its clinical manifestations are similar to those of lateral ligament injury, but the position and direction are opposite. It is characterized by pain, swelling and tenderness of the medial ligament. When the foot is everted, it will cause pain or avulsion fracture of the medial ligament. Patients with ankle sprain mainly show local pain, tenderness, subcutaneous congestion, swelling, limited ankle movement, and some patients will feel unstable ankle.

After the joint sprain, the patient can carry out local X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance and other imaging examinations to determine the specific injury. After a definite diagnosis, symptomatic treatment is usually the main treatment, while local ankle physiotherapy, acupuncture, massage and other auxiliary treatment methods also have certain significance. Patients can wear certain ankle protection devices to protect their ankles, rest as much as possible, and avoid excessive exercise to avoid aggravating symptoms.