sometimes, western medicine is useless

Thank goodness for Chinese medicine then. I saw my mother's acupuncturist and she twisted my sprained foot various ways, rubbed and poked at all the bruised areas, used some needles, put on an herbal poultice, and voila! Swelling started going down faster, and I can walk again like a normal person! Yay! Of course, accupuncture isn't as effective if you have a broken foot, like my ex did, but for sprains, this worked wonders.