Health Tip: Protect Injury With Elastic Bandage

Here's how to wrap it correctly

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(HealthDay News) - An elastic bandage applied to an injured joint can help control pain and swelling, and provide support while the injury heals.

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The University of Michigan Health System describes how to properly apply an elastic bandage:

• Start wrapping the bandage lower than the area that is injured.
• Continue to wrap upward around the injury.
• Fully wrap the entire area that is injured, wrapping securely. But do not wrap so tightly that the bandage causes the area to swell.
• If the area or surrounding area begins to swell, turn cold, blue or numb, loosen the bandage.
• Continue to use the bandage until the injury has healed.

-- Diana Kohnle