I remember rolling my ankle really bad when I was a teenager. Bad enough I went to the ER. The doctor just said it would hurt for a while. He seemed to rule out a fracture by grabbing and shaking my foot. As I got older and learned about RICE I was annoyed that he offered this advice. Now as I got even older I realized that anything he did know then was probably wrong. RICE was way over applied from one very specific study.
When I did fracture my heel in my 30’s a paramedic iced it and diagnosed a fracture because the ice hadn’t reduced the pain. Not sure how valid that is but she was right.
Any thoughts on foam rolling, massage, Thera Gun type stimulus or the like combined with/during a sauna. Once the deeper muscle temperature increases (15-20 minutes) might beneficial effects of massage be amplified?
I remember rolling my ankle really bad when I was a teenager. Bad enough I went to the ER. The doctor just said it would hurt for a while. He seemed to rule out a fracture by grabbing and shaking my foot. As I got older and learned about RICE I was annoyed that he offered this advice. Now as I got even older I realized that anything he did know then was probably wrong. RICE was way over applied from one very specific study.
When I did fracture my heel in my 30’s a paramedic iced it and diagnosed a fracture because the ice hadn’t reduced the pain. Not sure how valid that is but she was right.
Any thoughts on foam rolling, massage, Thera Gun type stimulus or the like combined with/during a sauna. Once the deeper muscle temperature increases (15-20 minutes) might beneficial effects of massage be amplified?
All great recovery tools and probably better when you’re warm and loose!
This is a neat finding. I often recommend heat over ice in the clinic. And now there’s some science behind it.
Are there any studies looking at heat vs ice for orthopedic post-operative care?
There may be but I’m not aware. Sorry!