Recently while racing out the door with the kids I missteped, stumbled, and rolled my ankle on our front porch stairs.
I can’t even remember if I rolled it inwards or outwards, but the end result was that I could not move my foot in any direction, rotate it, nor put any amount of pressure on it to walk. Even the weight of ice was unbearable.
I willed my ankle to not be broken and decided my ligaments were torn.
As always, my number one go to for ailments is homeopathy. The homeopathic remedies that I deduced would be most helpful were:
- Arnica, 1M, (later) 6C; falls, bruises, pain
- Aconite, 200C; shock
- Rhus Tox, 200C; muscle and bones
- Ruta Graveolens, 30C; ligaments
Sadly, I did not get any immediate relief from the throbbing pain, which is highly unusual for me with homeopathics. However, in the back of my mind, I knew that taking homeopathics as soon as possible after an injury can shorten the amount of time needed to heal. Since I did not experience immediate relief, I added Arnica 6C to work in the background at a similar vibration of of my torn ligaments. I took that every couple of hours.
I did use the RICE method which is rest, ice, compression, and elevation, but for the life of me, sitting on my butt with my foot in the air was not going to work. My high needs family coupled with my husband just starting a new job (read zero days off) required healing, now.
But, I was completely incapacitated! My husband either carried me where I needed to go, or I crawled. In the middle of the night he brought me a large bowl and hung on to me so I could go to the bathroom.
This was a such nightmare! I succumbed to the idea that there was no rushing recovery.
If anyone had told me that I would be walking in the next 12 hours, I would have never believed them.
But that’s exactly what happened.
I was so relieved to wake up the next morning to discover all of my pain and swelling gone, but I still could not put any pressure on my foot to walk nor did I have any range of motion; but at least the throbbing was no longer torturing me. My husband, after having to employ the bowl trick again so I could pee, looked into the faces of kids and pets who have never ending needs and immediately saw the value in a pair of crutches. He fetched me some without delay.
Later that afternoon, at the exact 24 hour mark of my injury, I felt like I could bear a little weight on that foot with the aid of the crutches. I tried, and sure enough, I could do it! I sat down and tested my range of motion and it too was remarkably improved.
In this fashion, every ten minutes, I had improvement until after about an hour I was fully walking with the aid of my crutches. After the next ten minute period, I was fully walking without them.
Mind blown.
I could walk inside and outside, up and down stairs, I was back to caring for my family, cooking, and helping with chores. I was so relieved that my husband did not need to take another day off work to help me. My kids were so happy.
This is the miracle of homeopathy that I am accustomed to! Even though I had to wait 24 hours for it all to come together, it was far better than several days of healing torn ligaments with RICE. I have other stories of quick recovery from injuries under the Butter Side Up tab at the top of my blog.
Homeopathy is energetic medicine. It is a modality of healing that all people should be educated in if you do not want to continue to be the market for conventional medicine. There are many books and free, online information. Remedies are easily obtainable. While chronic issues do require the help of a professional homeopath like Catriona Muir , I’ve learned to solve all of our acute problems myself simply through research and trial.
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