![]() ![]() The earliest uses of this date back to affordable electric motors, decent skin-safe rubber manufacturing, and that refrigerant technology I alluded to a moment ago. Ice therapy machines are a modern implementation, and it’s not that new. This was not only a somewhat dangerous and unpleasant experience but a costly one in a time before refrigerant technology could be mastered to manufacture ice or cold water on a whim. The original application was archaic and unpleasant with, yes, bathing in ice water or sitting in tubs of ice. ![]() This is why the mix of heat and cold in muscle creams, albeit a chemically-artificial thermal nature, is as effective as it actually is.Īs I said a moment ago, the basic principle of this, albeit with less of the underlying biology understood, has been known for a long time. It reduces blood flow, it dulls nerves, and it causes fluids to evacuate from areas where they’ve bunched together. However, one of the most effective things to use against inflammation and dulling the associated pain is applied cold. There are a number of treatments for targeting inflammation, such as muscle creams, aspirin (and other blood thinners), antioxidants and potassium, as well as some use of organic sources of collagen, all intended to reduce the bunching up and swelling. Inflammation is partially brought about by excessive blood and tissue overstimulation, as well as retention of fluids and some other basic organic malfunctions. Inflammation is a painful, excruciating thing and is one of the prime mechanics behind things like arthritis, mobility problems, muscular issues and other ailments that plague both the young and old alike. That’s ambient cold, not targeted cold, which is a whole different ballgame. The biggest doubt in the minds of most is how badly one’s arthritis or old injuries can act up when it becomes very cold, myself among them. So, let’s first talk about why ice therapy, extreme cold in general, is ever a good idea for fighting pain. What Are The Indications For the Use Of Ice Therapy Machines? Some of that hypothermic cold is reduced, thus making it far less unpleasant than you’d initially assume. Thankfully, no, while old approaches to this in the Victorian and Edwardian periods did indeed use this approach due to no other way to do so, modern ice therapy uses machines that deliver very chilled water through hoses and pads, with no direct skin contact. ![]() Ice therapy makes you probably imagine soaking in a tub full of ice cubes or ice water, like an organ theft victim in an urban legend. Well, heat can be used to relax muscles and dull pain, but some forms of muscle and joint pain cannot be combated with heat, as I’ll explain in just a moment. When you think of therapy, you tend to imagine maybe being in the water for part of it (I’m not a swimmer, so that was something I refused uncompromisingly), medications, and the use of massage and heat. What I want to talk about today is ice therapy. I didn’t until I wound up having to use this technology, and as much as I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into using it, it certainly had a quality of life impact for me that I can’t deny. Today, I have an exciting thing to talk about, and it’s something I think many people don’t even know exists. ![]()
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