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Sprained Ankle. Used Ice And Arinca. Cold Foot And Burning. Why Is This Happening?

I sprained my ankle a week ago. For the first three days I followed the RICE, used arinca and iced five times a day. The swelling was reducing and the colorful bruises were slowly coming out. Tuesday I returned to work On crutches. I stand a lot at my job. Yesterday my foot was very cold and the ankle area has periods of burning. My Dr confirmed I did not fracture a d ruled out a blood clot. My foot is still cold especially when I am standing. Why?
Wed, 2 Apr 2014
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Its common to get autonomic dysfunction following an injury. The autonomic nervous (or automatic) nervous system controls blood flow, some sensation and temperature in your extremities.
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Sprained Ankle. Used Ice And Arinca. Cold Foot And Burning. Why Is This Happening?

Its common to get autonomic dysfunction following an injury. The autonomic nervous (or automatic) nervous system controls blood flow, some sensation and temperature in your extremities.