Better put some ice on that.
Satchel Paige was right!
It does help burns. No doubt about that.
So what should pitchers do?
baseball coach always said “walk it off.” I guess he knew what he was talking about.
Ice and cold packs are good for limiting swelling. Nothing more.
Next they’ll be telling us to put butter on burns again.
I chuckled a bit at the end acronym of “METH.”
The worst ankle sprain I ever had was swollen half the size of my fist in less than five minutes. I have had many of them, but I could not put weight on that one for about ten days.
I can go along with movement to a point. However, in college I had an ankle sprain that did not seem too bad. I shot basketball and it felt pretty good for about 30 minutes. Then the bottom of my foot went into a spasm and it put me in bed for the rest of the day . . . very, very painful. Moral of the story is that you can easily overdo the movement thing.
Paging Bill Clinton.
You mean, this isn’t settled science?
The ‘do’s’ and don’ts’ have reversed in the last twenty years. Has anyone else noticed?
I suspect this guy is wishful thinking about a system that is far more complicated than his pay grade.
Inflammation is not simple. It is incredibly complex. And when it is properly working it does its job well. However, it has a nagging problem of running wild, and reinforcing itself to make a small problem a big one.
As a complex process, inflammation controls almost every aspect of stem cell tissue replacement from start to finish.
One major drawback of his no-ice theory might be that it could result in long term damage. Without ice, for example, your knee might work faster, but down the road be far more inclined to developing arthritis. Or not. We don’t know.
In the last six months, I’ve had two knee replacements...
Used an icing cryo-cuff on both of them and the relief was as good as the pain meds....I call B S.....
Some of you may know what I'm talking about.
FMCDH(BITS)
Every time I’ve been injured (countless really) I NEVER put ice on it, except bee stings and burns. I’ll just have to suffer whatever consequences come from not going through the extra pain of icing.