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Post by Calaminty Jane on Oct 2, 2009 11:38:52 GMT -5
Mehmet Oz, MD and Michael Roizen, MD | 1 comment Q: Whether to use ice or heat for pain relief for an injury always confuses me. What works best? -- Anonymous A: Here’s one way to remember what to do when you first hurt yourself: Ice is nice, hot is not. That’s true for the first 2 to 3 days, while your system is responding to the injury. Holding an ice pack to the area (we like to use a bag of frozen peas; they mold to the spot) for 15 to 30 minutes at a time reduces pain and can prevent swelling when you also elevate the injured body part and apply pressure to it. (Remember it by the acronym RICE: rest, ice, compression, and elevation.) Heat is not your friend at first because it increases circulation, which puts painful pressure on nerve endings. The warmth stimulates the flow of inflammatory chemicals, too, which makes pain worse. Save the heating pad for 48 to 72 hours after the injury -- that’s when you want to boost blood flow to ferry away waste and debris, enhance delivery of nutrients and oxygen to speed healing, and raise the pain threshold in nerves. Warmth also relieves stiffness, helping you move more freely, and that further increases the healing blood flow
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Post by snipe67 on May 5, 2010 1:53:41 GMT -5
oh.. I see. very informative information ^^,
Ice is the best to lessen the pain when you injured at the very first time. and heat is the best to circulate blood and heal the injured body
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Post by Calaminty Jane on May 6, 2010 13:24:12 GMT -5
I have always been confused when to use heat or cold. This article cleared it up for me. There are so many things that we used to do for our horses that research is changing.
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