Bruised Blood Vessel & Bruised Ankle - Externally Applied
Clay
Blunt trauma experienced exactly to the wrong place can
easily result in bruising both to the entire area "hit", and also to
an underlying blood vessel. On average, these types of injuries tend to be
relatively inconsequential when no broken bones or fractures are associated
with the injury. The bruises tend to swell significantly and are usually
quite painful for days. With bruises and injuries to a foot or ankle,
the condition can be aggravated and the healing prolonged if one must
spend long hours working that require walking or otherwise requiring
constant pressure applied to the effected foot.
Luckily, all of the pain, swelling, and potential setbacks
to such an injury can be avoided completely -- if one has pre-prepared
healing clay on hand, and applies a thick clay pack or wrap to the
effected area.
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Three minutes after the ankle injury. Notice
the swelling to the entire ankle area, but especially
to the bruised blood vessel.
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Picture taken after
the removal of first clay pack, two hours later.
The pain previously at the injured area was completely gone,
and the strength of the ankle returned to normal. |
[ Ankle After 2nd Treatment - Total Time: +5 hours ]
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[ "Venting" hole located exactly over the bruised
blood vessel - Appeared after the 2nd clay pack ]
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Immediately following the injury, a large clay pack was
placed over the entire ankle area, about two inches thick. The clay
was covered with a clean white cloth, and a second larger cloth was
wrapped around the foot, securing the clay in place.
Notice that the clay wrap doesn't have to be fancy. At
that moment, I utilized the closest "raw materials" I could find, and
simply made certain that the clay was secured in place, so
that it remained over the treatment location without compressing it.
After removing the clay wrap and disposing of the clay,
it was decided that treatment should be continued, to be certain that
the body's healing cycle was adequately supported.
For the second treatment, less clay was required, as
swelling was no longer an issue. The clay applied was roughly an inch
and a half thick.
Since time was no longer a critical factor, a much better
job could be done with the clay pack and the associated wrapping. Since
this clay would be left on for a longer period of time, it was advantageous
to take a bit more time with the wrap, to allow as much comfort and
mobility as possible. A cotton facial cleansing pad ( pure cotton )
was used to cover the ankle area. The clay was applied first to the
pad, and then the pad was applied to the treatment area. Next, a clean
white cloth was applied over the cotton pad. Two self-securing "ace
bandages" were used to secure the clay pack in place.
It turned out to be a good choice to do a follow-up treatment.
Immediately upon application of the clay, the area began to hurt. The
pain subsided within a few minutes, but the pain response
is an indicator that the clay action would still provide benefit.
