Sports-persons, seniors, middle aged people and even kids can develop knee injuries, conditions that require treatment. Ice or cold therapy comes to rescue when the pain affecting the foot and knee does not go away easily.
Knee ice wraps are known to decrease the joint pains and are known to give relief even for chronic pains like arthritis. Tingling pain, numbness, inflammation and recurring pain cannot be ignored, most of the pain can be dealt with ice and thermal wraps at home but for acute pains a physician needs to be consulted.
Continuous stress to the body without giving it time to rest, stress, fractures and injuries can cause tremendous pressure on our joints. On the contrary, sitting for long hours without proper exercise to muscles and joints can also be the reason of joint pains. These pains need to be addressed using therapeutic procedures such as physiotherapy and acupressure. For severe cases, surgery might become the obvious choice.
Cold therapy is known to be excellent cure from ancient days. Man has known that ice is capable of reducing swelling for injuries and also stop excessive blood loss for an open wound. It has the property to constrain the blood vessels by contracting and thus checking the bleeding. The body also has a natural ability to clot the blood to prevent further bleeding. I would however suggest not to deal with an open wound without consulting a physician.
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Have You Experienced The Benefits of Ice Therapy?
WriterArtist, Thank you for the practical information, the pretty picture and the product lines.
Ice therapy can be beneficial. It's important to be informed about it, something which your article achieves for us all.
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Myself, I prefer heat therapy. For example, soaking in hot water speeds the course of poison ivy, poison oak allergies (with the side-effect of intensified itching) whereas ice therapy soothes the itch. Me, I take the former over the latter because I like hot water and hot weather and because I just want that poison ivy, poison oak allergic reaction to end.