What is best for muscle pain heat or ice
best
Should you put ice or heat on sore muscles?
ice versus heat very common question I
get in my office
ice is for acute injuries so if you
injure yourself within 48 hours and have
swelling ice is very effective when you
ice a joint or muscle it should be 20
minutes of ice followed by 20 minutes of
rest heat on the other hand is more for
a chronic injury you never want to heat
and flame joint if you heat an inflamed
joint it could actually make it worse
heat actually helps to promote healing
for chronic injury and trigger points
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