"Cold compress" is cryotherapy, which stimulates the affected area with cold water and ice cubes below the human body temperature for initial treatment, and has the functions of hemostasis, fever reduction, analgesia, anesthesia and swelling reduction. The method is to soak the towel in cold water and put it on the injured part, and change it every two minutes or so; Or put ice cubes in plastic bags for external application. In the case of acute closed soft tissue injury, such as contusion, joint ligament sprain and early muscle strain, this method can make blood vessels contract, reduce local congestion, inhibit sensory nerves and relieve symptoms.
Yang Yuan said: "Cryotherapy is suitable for acute closed soft tissue injury, such as contusion, sprain of joint ligament and early muscle strain. This method is more effective within 24 to 48 hours after injury, but after this time, hot compress will be used. "
"Heat attack" is to promote local vasodilation, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, and promote the absorption of blood stasis and exudate through hyperthermia, which has the functions of detumescence, blood stasis, pain relief, analgesia, adhesion reduction and injury healing. The common method is to soak the towel in hot water or hot vinegar and apply it to the injured area for about 30 minutes at a time. Hot compress is suitable for middle, late and chronic acute closed soft tissue injury.
Yang Yuan said that "cold compress" and "hot attack" can better deal with early sports injuries. However, for some old injuries, it is still necessary to treat them with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in order to better eliminate the root causes. These methods include traditional Chinese medicine therapy and western medicine surgery.
Traditional Chinese medicine drug therapy mainly uses the different pharmacological characteristics of various herbs to achieve the effects of clearing away heat, reducing swelling, relieving pain, relaxing muscles and promoting granulation through external application. Generally speaking, oral administration of Yunnan Baiyao, Da Die Pill, Qilisan, Sanqi Tablet and Shangtongning Tablet can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain.
Various western medicine potions have obvious sterilization and disinfection effects on skin injury. Commonly used drugs for external use include 2% mercuric chloride solution (mercuric chloride), 1% gentian violet solution (violet chloride), 2% tincture of iodine (iodine), anti-inflammatory powder, oxytetracycline ointment, tetracycline ointment and other anti-inflammatory ointments. There are many kinds of oral analgesic drugs, such as compound aspirin tablets, analgin tablets and various painkillers.
Small protective gear is very useful.
Xinhuanet Guangxi Channel June 3 rd (Reporter He) From ankle protection to elbow protection of elbow joint, from belt for weight lifting to inconspicuous fitness pants ... These seemingly small sports protectors can share external pressure and impact for muscles and joints in our usual sports.
Research shows that for a large number of people who exercise regularly, sprains, falls, bumps, strains and other accidental injuries account for less than 5% of sports injuries, most of which are caused by regular exercise.
Jia Yaguang, vice president of China Society of Health Science and Technology, said: "All kinds of joints are the most vulnerable parts in sports, and overstretching or overstretching of joints may cause tendon injury. In addition to warm-up exercises, proper wearing of protective gear can largely avoid excessive stretching of tendons. "
But what puzzles many people who used to wear protective gear is: "After wearing protective gear, the activity is inflexible, which comes first, exercise or safety?"
"I always feel that the flexibility of wearing leg pads is greatly reduced, which is far worse than not wearing flexibility." This is a common experience for beginners of football. Many people who pursue the purpose of "sports first" have also taken off their leggings.
However, the real threat lies in this "wearing" and "taking off". Exercise is inflexible because the protective gear allows joints and muscles to move within the normal range, and abnormal exercise is one of the important reasons for injury. For professional athletes, the best protective devices are bandages and adhesive tapes, which are most closely combined with muscles and can best protect muscles and joints. Wear wrist pads, knee pads and ankle pads when playing basketball, and leg pads when playing football. Elbow pads and wrist pads are essential supplies for playing tennis, badminton and table tennis ... these humble little protective devices can help us a lot at critical moments!