3. Compression is a home remedy for a sprained knee.
Compression helps stop the swelling in a sprained knee. Wrap the knee lightly with a bandage, but don’t obstruct circulation.
When wrapping your knee and the pain increases, loosen the bandage. Check the bandage every day to see if the swelling has gone down. Once the swelling goes away, you don’t have to wrap it anymore.
When you compress your knee, you don’t want it too tight. Some people feel if they compress it tightly, it’ll make the swelling go away, but that’s not the case. It’ll make the swelling and pain increase.
There is no need to put yourself in extra pain so that you can get rid of a symptom. Your sprained knee will get worse instead of better. Compression has a purpose and its purpose is to alleviate swelling in a good way, not a bad way.