By: Joel Cochran “There can be inflammation without healing, but there cannot be healing without inflammation.” We have all been there before, sidelined with an injury running home to start icing the injured area and keep inflammation down by taking an Advil or two. But what if we were to tell you that after all these years of icing that we were all wrong? That icing is the exact opposite of what our body needs to recover from an injury? What would you say to that? Well, let us explain by answering these typical questions. If I’m injured I should rest that area and avoid using it, right? The worst thing you can do to your body is rest it. Motion is lotion and the more actively you are using the injured area the faster your tissue will be able to repair itself. You don’t have to be specifically activating...
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