When should I keep? Should I heat? These are probably two of the most common questions asked by chiropractic patients. If you suffer from back pain, neck pain, a sprained ankle, or a larger wound, ice or heat may be just the answer for reducing pain and recovery will be accelerated. These treatments are simple, inexpensive and effective. Making the wrong choice in the ice to discuss the heat, however, and you can actually make your pain worse, and the state. We try to clean the air andto discuss situations that require the application of ice and when heat is used.
To choose whether ice or heat depends on three factors: the type of injury and pain, the age of the lesion, and the specific objectives of therapy. The presence of other underlying health conditions can play an important role in the treatment is acceptable, but the three major factors are generally as described above. With this in mind, let's take a quick overview of the main types of pain andInjury.
There are two main categories of pain and injuries: acute and chronic. Acute lesions are those that have occurred recently. Generally, an injury that occurred in the last 72 hours as an acute injury, classified. Acute pain is pain that started suddenly and most recently with a known cause. For example, imagine that you hurt your back while moving boxes in the basement or ankle sprain while playing basketball. These are acute injuries. Acute lesionsusually with swelling and the area may be red and sensitive to the touch from inflammation. Minor injuries and acute pain are usually brief and go away fairly quickly.
Instead, injuries and chronic pain develop much more slowly over time. With chronic illnesses are often unable to identify a particular cause or the time the state has begun. For example, you can create a painful and inexplicable sharp pain in the knee or back pain that seemed to have noticed slowly without known cause. Chronic painUsually with less swelling and inflammation than the acute variety. Chronic pain is usually more stable and longer lasting than acute pain and injury. Ice is the treatment of choice for acute pain and injuries that have occurred over the past three days. If you have a recent injury, bruising or swelling, ice is the best choice. You may be wondering what really makes the ice, so let's look at some of the effects of application of ice to find the body.
Cold therapy numbs the nervesresponsible for the transmission of pain signals and creates a numbing effect to reduce or eliminate pain. Ice can also calm muscle spasms associated with acute injuries. Cold therapy also causes vasoconstriction, which is a narrowing of blood vessels. This narrowing reduces blood flow and machinery, which helps control bleeding and also takes a microscopic swelling and inflammation.
What is the best way to apply ice? The best ice cream is soft, flexible, and can not be in the formthe involved body area. Although a number of commercial ice packs are available, one of the cheapest and most effective solutions is probably right home in the freezer. A plastic bag is partially filled with crushed ice, or even a bag of frozen peas is ideal ice pack. Wrap to prevent the ice pack in a towel for comfort and freezing. Apply ice to the affected area for about 10 or 15 minutes and then remove. Allow the skin to return to normal room temperature without the help again (a processwhich usually takes about 1 hour) before the ice. This process can be repeated several times a day for about 3 or 4 days.
Ice is the safest choice will be considered if you are not sure whether to use ice or heat. Two sets to help you remember this general rule are "ice is nice" or "Ice is your friend". If in doubt, use ice. You are less likely to harm the ice wrong in the heat. Now that we have a better understanding of when to use the ice, try to discussuse when it's hot.
Heat is the best choice for chronic diseases. It may even be older than about 4 days to injury, until the inflammation subsided be used. Persistent stiffness, muscle pain and long-term, chronic muscle tension is often very well to heat.
What does heat do? The heat increases the temperature of the tissue, soft tissue flexibility and joint range of motion increases. The heat also causes vasodilation, which is a dilation of blood vessels. This vasodilationleads to increased blood flow in an area. Increased circulation carries more oxygen and vital nutrients to the damaged area and increases the excretion of waste products. This is very helpful to speed healing and recovery, but it can also lead to increased inflammation and swelling. This is one reason why heat should never be used on an acute injury or in an area where infection is present.
What is the best way to apply heat? Moist heat is generally the best choice. Moist heat is assumedpenetrate more deeply than dry heat, and also prevents drying of the skin, which can often occur with dry heat. Although a greater number of commercial sources of moist heat are available, a simple hot shower or bath are simple ways to apply moist heat in an area. Moist, hot towels are a source most convenient and effective moist heat. A towel or a barrier between the skin should always be used and the heat source to prevent burns. The treatment temperatures should be warm but comfortable. WetHeat can be applied for 15 to 20 minutes at a time. The heat should be removed for 20 to 30 minutes before reapplying. This process can be repeated several times a day.
Unless specifically directed by your chiropractor or other health care professional should never be used as a heat about 20 minutes at a time. Never sleep on a heating pad or other heat sources, as this could cause burns or other injuries.
Depending on the condition, use of heatand ice can often be combined to form a treatment solution. For example, if you can from chronic pain and stiffness in the shoulder, suffering the heat on the surface before a workout or activity. The heat increases the mobility and flexibility of the shoulder to better prepare them to come for the task. After your workout or activity which would then ice on the shoulder to limit the pain and inflammation.
Consequently, heat and ice are easy, inexpensive and effective sourcesof pain relief for back pain, neck pain, and more. Choose the right solution for your specific condition is important to avoid aggravating the pain and symptoms. Ice is best used for swollen and inflamed areas and in acute injuries that occurred in the last 72 hours. Apply ice wrapped in a towel for 10 to 15 minutes and then removed for one hour. This process can be repeated several times a day for up to three days.
The heat is effectively used for the treatment of chronic pain andRigidity. Moist heat is better than dry heat because it penetrates more deeply. Heat therapy can be applied for 15 to 20 minutes and then it should be removed for about an hour before it is advertised again. This process can be repeated three times a day 57.
