What relieves the swelling and soreness of the foot?
Patient: Hello, I tripped over my daughters toy yrsterday. When I fell my ankle popped and twisted and fell hard on my hip. I iced and put my ankle up. My foot is swollen and sore and my toes are numb feeling. My hip hurts in any position but laying down. Stairs and sitting down and standing up is when the pain is the worst.How long before the pain gets better? Thank you, Crystal Doctor: hi,thank you for providing the brief history of you.A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.As you tripped of the toy and then twisted the foot , so the swelling was there and subsided as well. You tried doing ice but it did not work much. Now since the mechanism of injury you did not mention indetail so i can suspect you feel on the floor, for which a thorough neuromuscular assessment is guided.Also, when the hip is hurting and while going up and down the stairs, then you need to consult an ortho who may ask for an x-ray of the hip, ankle and lumbar spine. May be an MRI of lumbar spine as well. Some times the lumbar spine is ignored and the treatment is provided symptomatic for muscular pain.Once the reports are out, simple medication and physical therapy will be advised after a thorough musculoskeletal assessment. 2-3 weeks of time you will be back to normal life.RegardsJay Indravadan Patel