Broken foot in everyday life
The general diagnosis of "broken foot" can encompass many different injuries. But as soon as the foot is treated for a broken bone, the statement is generally valid. Pain relief and coping with everyday life are very similar for injuries and can therefore usually be used by almost all patients.
Most of the time, if you injured your foot in such a way that bones are broken, it is said: This is a broken foot. Which part of the foot is injured is often left out. However, pain relief and a relatively normal everyday life are important with all forms of injury, so most of the tips can work for you.
Broken foot and pain relief
- Since a broken foot is treated with plaster of paris or tape in most cases, pain relief is usually a little more complicated. Cooling like a sprain is rarely possible due to the bandage. With a fan, however, you can change the draft in such a way that the cooling effect may also reach the affected foot.
- Elevate your foot as often as possible to reduce swelling. In a cast or tape bandage, there isn't enough room for the swelling to spread. However, if the foot swells anyway, be it because of high temperatures or because you stand a lot, additional tissue damage can occur without you noticing.
- If the Toes are not in the bandage, try to move them when lying up so that the muscles work a little and the muscle-vein pump remains active. This also reduces the risk of thrombosis.
- Before resorting to pain medication, consult your doctor. Some pain relievers affect blood clotting and can have undesirable side effects such as blue stains in the area of your leg that is not visible because it is covered by the bandage.
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Everyday life with a foot bandage
- Follow the instructions given by your doctor. With a plaster cast, for example, you should mainly lie down so as not to unnecessarily prolong the healing process.
- Unless you are with Forearm crutches are taken care of, let the medical supply store or a physiotherapist explain how to use it correctly. The wrong use of the crutches often leads to incorrect loads and pains in shoulder and elbow joints as well as overuse symptoms in the forearm, the so-called tendinitis.
- Even if it seems easier to at least partially close the injured and cared for foot while running load, you should pay attention to the specifications such as non-load or partial load in order to avoid consequential damage avoid.
- Try to handle your bandage as gently as possible. If you cast on the plaster of paris in spite of all caution, please have it checked by a doctor and, if necessary, re-plastered. You should also have tape bandages checked regularly and re-taped.
- It dries under a bandage skin often disappears quickly and starts to itch. Resist the urge to scratch with foreign objects such as rulers or knitting needles. Otherwise, you can quickly get an additional injury that may go undetected for a while but can cause problems after the bandage has been removed.
- In order to do justice to daily hygiene, you should refrain from taking a long shower and instead take a bath where you can put your plastered foot on the edge of the tub. Of course, washing cats at the sink is also possible.
- If you only have the opportunity to shower, the plaster foot can be easily packed with a correspondingly large and stable garbage bag. To make the bag somewhat waterproof, you can fold it well around the leg and then with a wide one band Aid stick to the skin. Make sure you tape up any possible leaks around the edge.
Do you feel like your broken foot is im Association If the bandage is very swollen or the blood supply is blocked, do not hesitate to go to the doctor and have a check-up carried out. Otherwise, it is to be hoped that you can master your everyday life well despite the temporary handicap.
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