Practicing Preps-Sprains or Strains

[Mother]

There is no doctor or medical facility available and a family member or yourself has sustained an injury or a sprain to muscles and/or tendons.

 

How will you assess the injury and what treatment will you give for various types?

 

[Vic303]

Sprain--swelling & bruising at the joint typically--tenderness to pressure but no crepitus.

 

Primary treatment: RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevation)

 

I have a full set of ankle braces, wrist braces, and a shoulder brace with elbow pad....I lack a proper knee brace, but can improvise them easily enough from acewraps and sam splints.