Talk:Sprained ankle
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Why RICE?
[edit]Lots of places say rest, icing, compression, elevation is the right treatment, mostly to lower the risk of further injury and reduce swelling. But .. why is reducing swelling important? There must be a doctor on Wikipedia who can speak to that. Here is a long article with references basically saying it is an open question: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/27328/why-should-we-try-to-reduce-swelling-after-injury. dfrankow (talk) 16:37, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
- I made a couple contributions in this section recently, I too found despite its near universal recommendation that some of the elements of rice are not well backed in research. And now the Dr. who coined the term is recommending against some of the elements - Interesting.Objectiveap (talk) 21:24, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Gifs of ankle exercises
[edit]In treatment section, it currently writes - Most importantly, the lateral aspect of the ankle joint should be strengthened with eversion exercises (i.e., underside of the foot is turned outward against resistance) to improve lateral ankle stability - I doubt most readers can easily understand all this. Possibly be better if photos or better yet - a gif got added to demonstrate what it's meant by eversion exercises. Esp for the visual learners or most readers who lacks a grasp of these technical terms. JaredMcKenzie (talk) 18:39, 13 November 2025 (UTC)