
Stop it with the Ice!!!
So this is probably the most common topic I have been educating my patients on for the past 10 years. #physicaltherapy So someone comes into see me regarding any physical trauma, injury, surgery and I ask them what they’ve been doing to help so far. More often than not, one of the techniques they tell me they’re implementing is icing the area to decrease swelling or inflammation. I’m going to run through a few ideas that will describe, 1: why we have been told to ice for deca