Some people believe that icing a injury for long periods of time will help make the injury heal faster. So they put ice on the injured area for periods of hours at a time thinking that since the muscle is numb, that it is helping heal cause they dont feel the pain.
THAT IS DEAD WRONG. When a muscle is numb, its functions shut down. It actually does not allow the muscle to go through the series of functions to help heal the injury. Instead a athlete should ice the injury of and on in 20 minute increments. This allows the pain to be taken away and allow the person to be comfortable, but it does not cut off the muscles functions and allows the muscle to heal itself.
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