[quote=teaboy]Rice heating pad or another type? What’s the consensus on the best type?
Also, what’s ur opinion on ice-ing painful joints? I’ve never been able to find any scientific literature on why ice-ing is beneficial.
Since inflammation & swelling are the body’s natural response to injury (honed thru evolution) doing anything to prevent/reduce that response seems counterintuitive to me.
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The regime for athletes has for the most part been ice immediately after activity and heat the next day for residual pain.
For me as a weekend warrior this seems to work well. The use of ice would depend on what your goals are.
Professional athletes all seem to use the full body ice bath – I have seen a few
mentions over the years that doing this after a workout will hinder muscle gain.
Me I just wanna feel good enough to workout again the next day so I stick to icing immediately for joint/muscle pain then heat afterwards.
