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What's the point of icing a swollen body part?
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I sprained my ankle yesterday and I'm supposed to be putting ice on it for 20 minutes and leaving it off for 20 minutes (and repeating that), but what's the point? What does ice do? If anything I'd think ice does damage--that harsh cold on a sensitive, wounded area...


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Re: What's the point of icing a swollen body part? [Re: JunkFood]
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It numbs it


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Re: What's the point of icing a swollen body part? [Re: TurntableJunky]
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it prevents the swelling.. slows down the cells ....... the colder the cells are the less they move... thus preventing the cells from swelling

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Re: What's the point of icing a swollen body part? [Re: JunkFood]
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icing/cold compress causes vasoconstriction, and also produces a painkiller effect due to the numbing that induced by the cold, its to help reduce inflammation for a hopefully speedy recovery

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Re: What's the point of icing a swollen body part? [Re: acidboy]
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Don't apply ice for too long of a period or the swelling will actually increase.


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Re: What's the point of icing a swollen body part? [Re: acidboy]
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acidboy said:
icing/cold compress causes vasoconstriction, and also produces a painkiller effect due to the numbing that induced by the cold, its to help reduce inflammation for a hopefully speedy recovery

acid


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Re: What's the point of icing a swollen body part? [Re: acidboy]
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Yes, hopefully.

The question is why is vasoconstriction necessarily a good thing for the healing process? The more blood traveling to and through the area, the more leukocytes and plasma, and other necessary components for healing like growth factor, are provided and damaged tissue is carried away.

Hippocrates used to treat soldiers with shoulder injuries by sticking the shoulder with a hot poker to stimulate to inflammation response.

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