Archive for September, 2017
Stop RICEing and Move
By: Paula Burchat, BA, RMT, CSMTA(SF) • September 21, 2017
For many years we have RICE’d when injured -Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. This should no longer be the case. Over the last few decades research has demonstrated that immobilizing joints and limbs does not speed healing; that ice doesn’t reduce swelling; and compression leads to an accumulation of swelling not a reduction. A very […]