Post operative water retention/edema?

You can try some gentle ankle range of motion exercises. Try writing the alphabet with your ankle/ foot (stay seated) when the advertisements come on TV. This will increase circulation, flexibility and strength of the affected leg. Your swelling will come down as your healing progresses and you begin using the foot and ankle. I would not recommend using any medication to decrease the swelling.

an over the counter diuretic

a perscriction diuretic called Aldactone or Spironolactone (ask doctor about it)

a perscription diuretic called Lasix (ask doctor about it)

elevate foot

ice foot

get some circulation going

physical therapy

Good Luck!

i've got been to that form of therapy additionally. Saline water sure. Purposely to bathe our nasal hollow area. yet i think of you're able to study what your wellbeing care professional counseled you to do. Saline water for such purpose could have the right ratio. At maximum, it is going to be like sea water power basically. too lots salt like what you reported is rather painful to the nostril. loss of salt is likewise painful. So it is going to be balanced. Sea water power is the traditional power required to bathe our nasal hollow area without discomfort in any respect... in the beginning up, I used the dropper via my nostrils with my face up...And permit the saline water circulate interior my nasal hollow area. I felt alleviation yet no longer contented. Then i attempted making use of the elementary plastic straw that we use for sipping our delicate beverages. cut back in 0.5. placed saline water in a eating glass on a sink or close to a sink. In a bowing place sip the answer (with rigidity) via certainly one of my nostril on a similar time as pressing the different nostril with my thumb so as that its close....In yet another way. Saline water enters the nasal hollow area and is going out throughout the time of the mouth.such as mucus. It replaced into very relaxing....Feels very sparkling interior...