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Cold Therapy Education Center
Why Cold Therapy?
Cold therapy is noted for killing pain, reducing swelling, and lowering metabolic activity. Ice and low temperatures pain-killing effect is caused by its sedating of nerve-cell activity; hospital studies show that patients who use cold therapy on injuries tend to require much less pain medication.
Combined with compression, cold therapy can produce dramatic drops in tissue swelling, because low temperatures initially constrict the walls of blood vessels and compression restricts the amount of blood which can reach an injured body part (another therapeutic intervention, elevation, helps to reduce the swelling as well
Studies show that cold therapy produces large decreases in swelling and better reduction in discomfort, compared to heating.
Low temperatures have also been known to decrease muscle spasms by making muscles less sensitive to being stretched, and, like heat, cold compression can be used to treat lower-back pain. Research suggests that cold therapy works better for individuals who have had back pain for more than 14 days, while heat may be more effective for those with more recent pain.
Combined with compression, cold therapy can produce dramatic drops in tissue swelling, because low temperatures initially constrict the walls of blood vessels and compression restricts the amount of blood which can reach an injured body part (another therapeutic intervention, elevation, helps to reduce the swelling as well
Studies show that cold therapy produces large decreases in swelling and better reduction in discomfort, compared to heating.
Low temperatures have also been known to decrease muscle spasms by making muscles less sensitive to being stretched, and, like heat, cold compression can be used to treat lower-back pain. Research suggests that cold therapy works better for individuals who have had back pain for more than 14 days, while heat may be more effective for those with more recent pain.
