Prepatellar Bursitis Healing Could Be Sped Up

For the first 10 days, doctors recommend you stop every two hours (so approximately 5 times/day) and lie down with an ice pack on your knee(s) for 20 minutes. Don’t worry, you can answer email, text, make calls, write that novel or letter to Mom. Just plop somewhere and ice up. After the initial 10 days, 3 times/day is recommended until symptoms disappear.

Note: Don’t be like me and quit treatment once the pain is low enough to bear. It’s important to heal injuries and traumas like prepatellar bursitis fully, or it’s likely to quickly reoccur.

Compression (The C of RICE)

Minimizing the swelling reduces the body’s list of chores to help with the healing process. Simply apply a compression bandage – fairly tight, but not too tight. If you’re experiencing numbness, feelings like pinpricks, or ANY color change in your ankle/foot area, it means the bandage is cutting off your circulation. Simply loosen the bandage. When going to sleep, remove your compression bandage.

Elevation (The E of RICE)

Technology allows us to operate from pretty much anywhere, and in any position. Elevate the injured area as much as possible (up to a few hours/day). Unless it causes an increase in pain, get it up above the level of your heart to minimize bleeding and swelling.

Shoes Update

Lastly, look online and talk with your doctor about specific footwear and orthotics to help reduce stress on your knee, and ease prepatellar bursitis symptoms. When you can’t be practicing “RICE”, and have to be up and about, there are products which can ease the workload on your body for more effective healing, particularly when you are resting, icing, compressing and elevating.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Oct 2013 by Dr Donna Schwontkowski. Reversing health disorders is easier when principles of natural healing are used. Dr Donna is a retired chiropractor with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in herbology. She has over 25 years experience working with thousands of patients to reverse their health conditions. Read more about her here.

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