Little House on the Prairie Unit 1 - sprains

The girls are learning how to care for a
a sprained ankle or wrist.

Here is a good video demonstrating how to
wrap a sprained ankle.

and here is one for a sprained or twisted wrist

Did you know that there are several  way to 

treat sprains...

1) Find a position that the foot/wrist is comfortable and not creating pain, keep

the ankle/wrist in that position for about two minutes then ever so slowly

bring the ankle/wrist back into a normal position, if there is still pain then

move onto the next treatment.

2) Find the most painful spot of the injury and start by gently pressing

into it, continue to add pressure till the pain is almost unbearable, then

continue with the pressure on that spot until the pain is relieved or

about one minute, if this doesn't relieve the pain it is recommended

to see a Dr. 
If these treatments were successful then they
would be followed by the third treatment.

3) hot/cold water soaks.  Soak the injury in

a tub of hot water for about 20-30 min then immerse the injury into

cold water for about a minute, continue this for up to two hours.

And then there is the wrapping for support as illustrated in the above

videos and the collage's below

This is AbbiYah practicing wrapping up YahChanna's 

pretend ankle sprain

This is YahChanna wrapping up AbbiYah's pretent

wrist injury, both girls did a lovey job and 

had lots of fun doing it!