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Ice not so Nice?

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  • 11-08-2012 3:24pm
    #1
    Lockey123
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭


    I saw a video recently on Mobilitywod.com which advised people to stop using ice on injuries.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0UmJVgEWZu4

    The gist of the interview was that ice prevents the body clearing the congestion.

    I am an avid believer in Kelly's methods. However, I'm dubious about this sudden revelation.

    I have always used ice on my injuries and found it very useful and I'm sure other posters here have done the same.

    I'm interested in hearing other peoples opinion on the matter.

    To ice or not to ice? That is the question


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    siochain
    Registered Users Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭siochain


    Ice I would use on a fresh injury, ice and heat I would use in the following days.

    With my dodgy knees, if I do a heavy deadlift or squatting session and ice then afterwards knees are OK during the night and next day, no icing I’m gone to pay.


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    Burkatron
    Registered Users Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭Burkatron


    Lockey123 wrote: »
    I saw a video recently on Mobilitywod.com which advised people to stop using ice on injuries.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0UmJVgEWZu4

    The gist of the interview was that ice prevents the body clearing the congestion.

    I am an avid believer in Kelly's methods. However, I'm dubious about this sudden revelation.

    I have always used ice on my injuries and found it very useful and I'm sure other posters here have done the same.

    I'm interested in hearing other peoples opinion on the matter.

    To ice or not to ice? That is the question

    I've seen the video a few weeks back! Alot of it makes sense but agreed some of it is very questionable! There is no mention of icing to slow secondary cell death following injury. They agree that icing numbs pain but it does inhibit swelling which is part of the healing process so does it inhibit recovery?

    I've heard the efficacy of icing been questioned alot recently, probably in part because of the availability of medical compression systems, like the older guy in the video is shilling, has increased!

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15496998
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16611722
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18212134
    These 3 reviews on icing are inconclusive either way on the matter!

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11411623
    I can only find 1 pubmed article on compression therapy for DOMS/Acute injuries, I'm sure there's more but I'm not going hunting for them!


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