What should you avoid when you have a bruise?
What should you avoid when you have a bruise? Warmth brings more blood flow to an area of the body, which can help as the body tries to heal the injury. Talk to your doctor to make sure heat is OK for your injury and definitely don't use heat in the first 48 hours of an injury because that can make the bruising bigger.
What worsens bruising?
Some medicines can cause easy bruising and bleeding. Examples are aspirin, pain medicines like ibuprofen (Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve), and blood thinners. If you take one of these medicines, talk to your doctor to see if you should keep taking the medicine.
Does massaging a bruise help?
You may want to massage the sore spot when you're resting, but it's a bad idea. That can make the injured spot worse. You may break more blood vessels under the skin and make the bruised area larger.
How does toothpaste help bruises?
Although there is little evidence for this, you'll find that healing bruises is on most lists of random uses for toothpaste. It is believed that toothpaste helps break up the clot and increase blood flow.