Why do we elevate injuries to promote recovery? If this is the correct thing to do, why does the body send more blood to the injury?
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I think most people have missed the point that the innate immune response in the body in the form of inflammation is non specific. E.g. if there is a bacterial infection in a tissue or if you’ve just bumped your toe hard the initial inflammatory response is the same and it is not always helpful in the case of some injuries e.g. if you dropped something on your foot. This is because some of the inflammatory cells that come such as neutrophils can release enzymes that can further worsen the tissue
As such we compress the areas and ice it and elevate it to reduce this response
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