DWT

Those are very au courant colours, but ouch! But healing ..

Epsom salts I use constantly when I’m sore / healing - the bruise thing was new learning. And a hot Epsom salt bath goes with the other thing - heat. I had read, not too long ago, that icing wasn’t the thing to help heal and heat was - the E.bath provides a lot of that. I also keep a selection of linaments about the house, as they tend to lose effectiveness if used for several days in a row - Tiger Balm, A535, Bengay, Absorbine Jr., Po Sum On, Arnica gel, and Voltaren are in the medicine cabinet at the moment.

For healing the extremities, elevation is very good. When I ripped an ankle apart, U of T’s sports medicine clinic put me in a pressurized water boot that would fill with water, squeeze the unoxygenated blood out of my foot, then relax and let fresh blood in. Not the kind of tool you’d have around the house, but lying on your back and elevating your foot against the wall should be pretty close. The trick would be to alternate - elevate, lie on your side with your foot on the floor, elevate, repeat. They did it on a 1 minute cycle for about 20 minutes.

What you may be able to do, depending on how much you want to spend, is get a red / infrared LED treatment device. There’s actually real research showing that they work to speed up healing. I use this ‘Light Relief’ emitter - these are used, and quite cheap:

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/light-relief

New they’re rather expensive and I expect people bought these, used them, healed, and are looking to get some cash back. Since they’re non-invasive a quick wipe with rubbing alcohol should render them quite serviceable.

That’s all I can think of for now - I’ll add more as I think of more. Here are some links for further reading:

Near IR treatment: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870908/

Thermotherapy: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/forget-the-postworkout-ice-bath-study-suggests-hot-water-instead/article28817345/