How can you ease swelling and pain in knee and ankle?

RICE Method: Rest, ice (15-20 min three times a day), compression (an ace bandage) and elevation (put the leg up on a pillow). Also try over the counter anti-inflammatories like Ibuprofen if your able to. If the swelling does not resolve in a few days see your physician. If your having one sided swelling, calf tenderness, shortness of breath or chest pain with the swelling, see a doctor right away.

Rest: Give ur body a chance to heal.

Inflammation heals: When our bodies sustain an injury, the immediate response is inflammation (red, hot, tender swelling). This is the body increasing the blood flow to the injury to bring healing factors to the area and also the veins expand to carry bad stuff away. The key is to do things that reduce the parts of inflammation such as ice, compression, elevation and antiinflammatory medications in the first 24hrs.