What ointment is used when stretching ligaments?

Often, with great physical exertion, a rupture occurs in the fibers of the articular ligaments. This trauma, called stretching, can have serious consequences. Depending on the severity of damage, partial damage to the integrity of a part of the fibers is probable, and a rupture or tearing of the ligament in the area of its attachment to the bone may occur. These injuries occur, as a rule, in the joints of the fingers, knees, ankles and wrists. The damaged place swells and it hurts badly.

Stretching can cause various complications. In this regard, it is required to provide the patient with timely and correct help, which will become the key to a quick recovery.

The most effective means in the fight against joint injuries is a special ointment. With the extension of the ligaments, it will remove the pain syndrome. It will cope with puffiness, arising in connection with the defeat of small vessels. The ointment applied when stretching the ligaments relieves the affected tissue from excessive irritation, as well as from the hematoma. When exposed to the skin, this agent regenerates tissues and restores microcirculation of the blood stream in them.

All ointments used for stretching ligaments are divided into three types of local therapy that have irritating and distracting effects. These include:

• Anesthetics;
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs of local action;
• Chondroprotectors.

Ointment when stretching ligament "Anestezin" refers to the first type of means. The same group includes "Benzocaine". These drugs can deprive the sensitivity of the injured area and eliminate pain.

Ointment when sprained ligament "Diclofenac" refers to non-steroidal agents. In the same group can be attributed and "Indomethacin". Preparations perfectly eliminate pain symptoms and relieve swelling. Their use makes it possible to save the patient from inflammation.

Chondroprotective drugs are the latest trends in the treatment of sprain. The use of these agents allows directly affect the structure of the ligament in the focus of its lesion. Thus, "Collagen Ultra" is not only a stretch ointment, but also a topical preparation that allows to anesthetize and cure damaged tissues, strengthening and protecting them from the inside.

How to cure an injured ligament, alternate medicine suggests. Ointments prepared on the basis of natural substances have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. The use of folk recipes often allows you to get a greater effect than the use of pharmacological drugs. The self-preparation of ointments recommended by folk medicine men is not difficult. For their production, boil with pork fat eucalyptus leaves and garlic for five minutes. A good effect gives an ointment from river clay, mixed to creamy consistency with apple cider vinegar. Carry out a daily procedure with this product before it is heated. It is also recommended to use ground potatoes with plantain leaves mixed with pork fat. It is desirable to rub the product overnight into the lesion center.