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Is it better to soak a sore foot/ankle in hot or cold water?


My foot and ankle have been sore for about a week now, I went to have x rays taken and the doc says everything looks normal. Would it help me more if I were to soak my foot in hot water or ice water? Or maybe just in a bucket of ice? Thank You for any help.

I broke my big toe last week - and most of my foot is still rather bruised - and I dont know what the "official" advice would be, but I could tell ya from experience that a warm bath helps a lot. Maybe some epsom salts if you had them would help too.

Good Luck

try any one of these remedies:

> Pour hot water into a tub, add 2 teaspoons of salt. Soak your feet for 20 minuets.
> To reduce the foot pain soak your feet in hot water for 20 minuets.
> Put mustard seeds into hot tub or foot tub and soak your feet.
> For foot pain put heating pad on the foot for 20-30 minutes.
> Home remedy for foot pain: elevate your feet for 40 minutes, then rub the feet for 10 minutes.

maybe you should also look into getting new shoes as well. good luck, hope you feel better.

cold water with some ice in a bucket

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