What to use after sports injury?

In daily exercise, especially strenuous exercise, sports injuries are very common. Therefore, for athletes and people who love sports, it is necessary to understand some common sports injuries and deal with them in time, so as to minimize their own injuries and make the injured parts return to normal as soon as possible. So, what are the treatment methods after sports injury?

1, sprain. First of all, stop exercising immediately, then cold compress the sprained area with an ice pack for 24 hours, and then bandage it. According to the injury situation, the corresponding joint function recovery exercise can be carried out. However, it should be noted that hot compress and massage are not allowed within 24 hours of injury.

2, scratches. During exercise, if you are accidentally scratched, wash the wound with normal saline first. If there is gravel in the wound, clean it with disinfection tools. Can be disinfected with 75% alcohol cotton ball, and disinfected from the wound to the surrounding. If the scratch is shallow, you can also apply mercurochrome directly. If the wear is serious, go to the hospital as soon as possible.

3. Muscle strain. This kind of sports injury is mostly caused by insufficient warm-up, and the severity of the injury can be understood according to the degree of pain. Once you feel pain, you should immediately stop exercising and use an ice pack for cold compress within 24 hours. In the middle stage, you can massage or paste blood-activating drugs to help the wound recover. Generally, the recovery time of muscle strain is longer, and some functional exercises can be done later to help the wound recover.

4, contusion. This kind of injury is caused by tissue damage caused by blunt body parts. If it is only a slight contusion, you can apply cold compress for 24 hours first, and then apply analgesic ointment locally. You can apply hot compress the next day, and you can recover in a week or so. Those with severe contusion should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.

People who like sports may cause sports injuries if they are not careful in some physical exercises. Common sports injuries include sprains, abrasions, muscle strains and contusions. No matter what kind of injury happens, we must know how to deal with it in the most reasonable way, so as to minimize the harm to the body.