When Your Sprained Ankle in Icheon Still Aches Despite Pain Patches
Sprained Ankle in Icheon
When the Throbbing Pain Continues Even With Pain Patches
Hello, this is Seo Se-wook from Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon.
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From the day after you sprained your ankle,
you probably figured a pain patch and some rest would heal it.
But a week passes,
and even after two weeks the ankle keeps throbbing,
and that uneasy feeling somehow never goes away.
When I see such patients in the clinic,
I can tell the moment they walk in.
They come in walking carefully,
putting just a little less weight on one foot.
Even when they sit down,
they turn the ankle slightly outward as they take a seat,
and though they act as if nothing is wrong,
the discomfort shows all over their face.
What these patients say is remarkably similar.
"I put on a pain patch and rested, so why does it still ache?
It's already been three weeks."
"The orthopedic clinic said the bone was fine,
but my ankle feels somehow unstable every time I walk."
"This is the third time I've sprained this ankle.
Do I just have naturally weak ankles?"
My heart sinks every time I hear words like these.
You were reassured to hear that the bone was fine,
but the pain remains,
and without even knowing why it won't heal,
you keep swapping out one pain patch for another.
Today's topic is
the sprained ankle in Icheon
that keeps throbbing even with pain patches.
I'll explain why pain patches have their limits,
how far treatment needs to go for a proper recovery,
and why it keeps recurring.
[Today's Contents]
1. Why the throbbing won't go away even with pain patches
2. A sprained ankle,
how far must it be treated to be done?
3. There's a separate reason
you keep spraining the same ankle
I hope this article helps those whose throbbing pain continues even after applying a pain patch and resting.
Why the throbbing
won't go away even with pain patches
A pain patch
temporarily eases the inflammation and heat on the skin's surface.
It lets you feel the pain a little less for a while,
but it does not heal the damaged ligaments
or the surrounding tissue.
When you sprain your ankle,
the ligaments and surrounding soft tissue are damaged before the bone.
Even if the X-ray shows no bone abnormality,
if a ligament has been stretched or partially torn,
a pain patch alone will not heal that damage.
So the swelling may seem to go down a bit,
but the throbbing and stiff feeling stays.
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At Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon,
through ultrasound examination
we directly check the condition of the ligaments and surrounding tissue with our own eyes,
and begin treatment from there.
Seeing what cannot be seen first
is, I believe, the start of proper treatment.
A sprained ankle,
how far must it be treated to be done?
Many people think they're fully healed once the swelling subsides
and stop their treatment.
But the swelling going down
and the ligaments and surrounding tissue fully recovering
are two different things.
Even if the visible swelling has gone down,
if there's still a sense that the ankle buckles weakly,
the treatment is not yet complete.
[We view treatment in three stages.]
The first is the stage of reducing the swelling.
Through acupuncture and pharmacopuncture
we focus on quickly calming
the swelling and the throbbing pain.
[Pharmacopuncture administered while watching the ultrasound? How is it different?]
The second is the stage of restoring function.
We help the muscles and ligaments around the ankle
recover so they can do their job.
The third is the stage of preventing recurrence.
We confirm whether the ankle has reached a state
that can withstand everyday life, and then wrap up.
If even one of these three stages is skipped,
you'll soon injure the same spot again.
There's a separate reason you keep spraining the same ankle
There are far more people with repeated ankle sprains
than you might think.
Once a ligament has been stretched,
if it doesn't recover fully,
it can twist again with even the slightest lapse of caution.
Even around Changjeon-dong in Icheon,
among people who enjoy hiking or outdoor activities,
there are quite a few cases of the same ankle
being injured a second or third time.
Those who walk a lot or work on their feet,
those who exercise regularly,
those who often use stairs or sloped paths
are especially prone to recurrence.
The most reliable way to prevent recurrence
is to get proper treatment from the very first sprain,
rather than just toughing it out with pain patches.
To sum up today's article:
A pain patch only eases the surface pain for a while;
it does not heal the ligament damage.
If you stop treatment just because the swelling went down,
the throbbing pain and recurrence will repeat.
Those who keep spraining their ankle
should first check the state of their ligament recovery.
If you're troubled by a sprained ankle in Icheon,
or your throbbing pain continues even with pain patches,
please feel free to visit anytime,
and I'll check it directly and guide you.
This has been Seo Se-wook from Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon.
Thank you.
[Pain treatment, this is how I do it.]
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I'll explain it all to you.
[Still in pain even though the tests show nothing wrong?]
I'll find the reason you keep hurting.
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For those who've only ever been told
there's nothing to be done because it's degenerative,
I wrote this article.
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Tue, Thu 9:00-18:00 (reception closes at 17:00)
Lunch break (13:00-14:00)
Saturday 09:00-14:00
(reception closes at 13:00, open through lunch with no break.)
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[Directions]
Address: 1F Baeyoung Building, 178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si
Silver Intersection (former Korea Exchange/Hana Bank site)
Across from NC Department Store,
the building right next to Davich Optical Icheon Jungang branch
About 100m
toward Shinhan Bank/Kookmin Bank
[By Public Transit]
Gwango-dong stop:
Go straight about 200m toward Shinhan/Kookmin Bank
Shinhan Bank stop:
Go straight toward Gwango Market,
located across from the central intersection
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When using the Gwango Market public parking lot,
1 hour of free parking is available.
Sprained Ankle in Icheon
When the Throbbing Pain Continues Even With Pain Patches
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic
1F Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic, 178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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