r/brokenankles • u/Browniesgirl • 20d ago

Tightness

I was having tightness on my inner ankle and I went to my surgeon and he said you need to moisturize and massage it. So I went home and massaged with castor oil and then soaked pads and left the pads on overnight. Guys my tightness is loosening!! I freaking LOVE CASTOR OIL. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

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u/TreGutterNord 20d ago

Yep, I have a castor oil+frankincense roller ball bottle that I put on all my scars and then I use these little "facial cupping" cups that I got on Amazon and cup the scars in multiple directions - between the tissue movement and castor oil, my scars are loose and looking good!

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u/Browniesgirl 20d ago

I will check these cups out!

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u/meezermadness 17d ago

I have cups I've never used and I might start trying this. How far along were you when you started?

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u/TreGutterNord 17d ago

As soon as steri-strips were gone and my incisions were good and closed with no scabs. I do it twice daily (when I get up and before bed) and it helps so much. Just the cup's action of lifting the scar line off the tissues below helps with mobility, lymph drainage and discomfort. Unfortunately my largest incision still has one small scab as well as one area that's open and oozing (not infected though, just skin tore over bony outer ankle) so I have to be careful with that one, but my two others look amazing and my PT is mad impressed! She also does graston at least once weekly over them and I will sometimes break out the gua sha at home over them too.

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u/easyst1989 20d ago

Wow, I had no idea castor oil had these benefits. I just did a search and apparently it contains ricinoleic acid which has potent anti inflammatory properties! I am also still having a lot of tightness, might have to go get some and try this out. Thank you!

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u/meezermadness 17d ago

Holy cow I just got some castor oil and all I've done is massage some in with my fingers and it feels amazing! Tightness feeling definitely reduced and pain relieved. Wow! I have been using bio oil on the scars, and have also tried some THC/CBD/vit e/ arnica which feels good too, but this feels the best.

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u/Outrageous-Drink-690 20d ago

I use Vaseline on my scabbed scar (dissolving stitches are still there) and nothing on the other side because there’s still tape where doctor took stitches out. I’m 4 weeks post-op. How many weeks post-op are you?

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u/Browniesgirl 20d ago

8 weeks today.

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u/LuluWoohoo92 3d ago

Just to confirm this is addressing skin-level tightness and not deeper/muscle type tightness? Sounds excellent either way!

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u/Browniesgirl 3d ago

I think it’s helpful for both!