treatment for deep thigh bruise

[justass]

for all the football guys who have been through this, I need some suggestions. I play on a women's semi pro tackle football team and yesterday during practice took a pretty hard helmet shot to the thigh (bitch got me right between the thigh pad and knee pad on my left side). I can tell I've got a pretty deep thigh bruise and it hurts like hell. Other than RICE how else can I get this thing to heal faster? Our season starts in less than 4 weeks and I'm going to need that leg.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

[OsijekCannons]

There's not much you can do. My last hit in thigh was pretty bad, I was off for two weeks.
Just be patient.

[ThomasH]

The same thing happened to me except it was a knee to the same area. Other than R.I.C.E I found hold a static stretch through the pain for about 1 min a couple times an hour really help.

[Nerrg]

Same thing happened to me as the guy above, I got kneed in the thigh. It was pretty bad it took awhile to heal and on top of it I hurt my knee and had to get surgery last month. You can't really do much besides RICE, just have to let it heal

[rickaysurvive]

icy hot helps, thats what i use for MMA, thai leg kicks hurt like a bitch too! and stretching!

[Jhawk Fitness]

If it's been a couple of days now you can start rotating ice/heat. Ice will keep any swelling down while the heat will draw blood to the area and bring in fresh nutrients/cells and promote healing.

[ThomasH]

Btw icey hot doesn't really do anything. It just tricks the nerve into feeling the sensation of hot or cold, without actually heating or cooling the area.

[panaxxIX]

for all the football guys who have been through this, I need some suggestions. I play on a women's semi pro tackle football team and yesterday during practice took a pretty hard helmet shot to the thigh (bitch got me right between the thigh pad and knee pad on my left side). I can tell I've got a pretty deep thigh bruise and it hurts like hell. Other than RICE how else can I get this thing to heal faster? Our season starts in less than 4 weeks and I'm going to need that leg.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

i dont play football but i play soccer and ive taken a few hard knees to the thigh. i could barely walk the next few days but i just waited it out and rested and it went away so i guess thats all you can really do. i didnt ice it or anything like that just went away after some days