My DD has a swollen ankle and a tournament in a week

[Sparky Guy]

At this point your DD needs to listen to the trainers at school. It's better to sit and miss a few early season games rather than aggravate the injury further and lose her when the important part of the seaon comes around. Conference play.

She's in college. It's up to her and the trainers to manage her body and help heal it for her.

 

[Sparky Guy]

Duct Tape.

It can't fix stupid. But it can muffle the sound!!!

 

[murphdog]

DD played the better part of her senior soccer season in HS with a moderately sprained ankle. She has no issue weight bearing but basically kept rolling the same ankle. The trainer taped her before every game and the ortho got her a great brace that offers far mor support than what you can buy in a drug store. That combined with lots of ice after games and it healed fine.
She’s a lefty center fielder who is pretty quick. She still wears the brace to practice and games over 2 years later. At this point I think it’s more of a security blanket than anything else.
I’d make sure her coach and trainer are aware of the injury and go from there. It’s possible she’ll be able to play with no issues but also likely she might have to sit some and let it heal.

 

[justAdad2]

tell her to use arnika gel, its an over the counter item. i had many injuries when i played hockey and was my got to remedy. my DD uses it after practices if something is bothering her.