1. Modify your shoes
If you have a ganglion cyst ankle, or a cyst on your foot, then you’ll find that sometimes your shoes make the pain or pressure worse. As you look into other remedies, you can take the pressure off the cyst by modifying your footwear. What you do will depend on where the cyst is. For example, you can lace shoes in a different way, or wear open toed shoes to help relieve the pressure.
2. Try arnica oil
Arnica oil has been used since the 1500s to help relieve pain and inflammation in the joints. If you’re suffering with pain thanks to your ganglion cyst ankle, then you can try arnica oil. It’s been used to treat many different conditions, especially osteoarthritis, where it helps reduce pain just as well as over the counter pain relievers. (10)
3. Use an Epsom salt soak
Epsom salts have been found to have a real effect on pain, no matter why you’re experiencing it. Clinical studies showed that it helped to counteract the pain signals sent to the brain, resulting in you feeling less pain. (11) Try soaking the affected joint in an Epsom salt bath.
4. Eat spicy foods
Believe it or not, spicy foods actually contain pain-killing properties. This is especially true of cayenne peppers, that are good at killing Candida, something that can make joint pain worse. Try eating a pepper or spicy food to ward off the pain.
5. Use frankincense oil
Frankincense is another oil you wouldn’t have thought of as a ganglion cyst treatment, but it’s another oil that’s perfect for reducing inflammation. Using it with a carrier oil (like jojoba oil) as a rub can help reduce pain and aid healing.