ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) (12/07/85)
Here is the situation: a friend has recently had knee
surgery. (The ligament on the outside of the knee was
cut so that the knee cap could move to the center of the
knee joint where it belonged...)
This has resulted in the knee and ankle swelling some, post surgery.
The surgery was done about 2 weeks ago. The swelling and redness of the
knee has gone down some, the stitches are out, and the incisions are
healing nicely.
1). Why does the ankle persist in swelling. It was the knee that
was worked on. Is the lymph system being clogged by the knee
swelling?
2). What is the correct regimine of ice packs/warm packs? The
physical therapist is saying ice until the swelling is gone. In
first aid I learned ice packs when a new injury, warm packs when
an old one. Isn't two weeks enough time to cross over from acute to
chronic swelling? I though ice slowed the swelling process, but once
it was there, heat helped it to go away. What's the real scoop?
Or is this one of those things where everyone has an opinion, but
no one has any facts...
Thanks,
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