Physio's advices
Ice therapy After any fall or slip we notice pain and swelling, which are part of our body’s natural inflammatory response to any soft tissue injury (Ligaments, tendons) along with these signs we experience redness and heat in the inflamed area. So, Pain, Swelling, Heat and Redness are the four cardinal signs of inflammation. Many of us have heard that ice is kept over the injured area but only some knew keeping ice is a treatment ,it is called as “CRYOTHERAPY. Keeping ice on injured part reduces the heat , improves the local circulation and thereby reduces pain and swelling ,so icing is a vital in any recent soft tissue injury. Steps of icing therapy:- Step 1 :- Wrap the ice cubes in a soft cloth or use frozen water packets. Step 2:- Gently stroke the wrapped ice cubes on the injured area, please don’t put pressure on the icing part ,it may aggravate the pain. Step 3:- Do not keep the ice cubes...
