One solution for your ankle is to run on soft ground. Find a place where they mow lawns religiously (like SCU) and run there without shoes. It's low impact and lets your joints heal while your muscles get their workout.
As for bruises, after a couple days they can be heated and massaged out, because the actual capillaries have had a chance to heal and the only reason it's still dark and painful is the dead blood stuck in the tissue.
Ice things is for actual injuries. You do that so the swelling can go down and it'll be less painful. In those instances, heating can cause problems because it increases swelling.
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Date: 2009-06-11 03:18 pm (UTC)As for bruises, after a couple days they can be heated and massaged out, because the actual capillaries have had a chance to heal and the only reason it's still dark and painful is the dead blood stuck in the tissue.
Ice things is for actual injuries. You do that so the swelling can go down and it'll be less painful. In those instances, heating can cause problems because it increases swelling.