The Best Way to Treat a Sprain

Muscles are like sponges and damage or tension can dehydrate them by squeezing all the blood out of them.

Conventional wisdom on the way to treat a sprain is elevate it, ice it, stay off it, and wait 2 weeks until the swelling goes down before treating it.

I never accepted these limitations in treatment and have found treatment immediately following the injury is best. We want to increase circulation not decrease it so ice and elevation is counter productive.

If we get good stretches on the sprain and deep tissue to work through the contractions we can get circulation flowing through the traumatized tissue. This can forego the sprain all together. The quicker it is treated after the trauma the better.

It isn’t extremely pleasant having a sprain worked out - but if it’s immediately after the injury the pain is not that terrible. If it’s more than a couple hours later it’s already really tight and swollen and the treatment can take longer - but it can still be worked out.

Often times severe sprains that are treated the traditional way or not treated at all never heal completely and become a source of chronic pain later on. The tissue remains contracted and sore because not enough blood is getting into the area.

You do not have to live with the soreness, tightness and pain life piles on us. Old injuries that never healed completely can be key areas for focus and release.

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