Ice packs and Cold Packs - Cold Therapy

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Ice packs and Cold Packs - Cold Therapy -
The ice packs and cold compresses are used to manage the symptoms of inflammation - pain, tenderness, redness and swelling. The pack ice conditions and cold pack are often used interchangeably. However, some people refer to cold compresses, especially Hydrocollator commercial cold packs, as a way to provide cold therapy . In physical therapy or other of the two may be used depending on what is readily available.

Ice Pack

An ice pack is usually used to treat acute injuries where pain and swelling are present. To make an ice pack, crushed ice or ice cubes are placed in a plastic bag and wrapped with a wet towel and applied to the injured body part. Crushed ice is best ice as the former can be easily molded to the injured area.

Your physiotherapist can cover the pack with a dry towel to minimize loss of cold in the environment. How long the ice pack is applied may vary. But often, 20 minutes of application is sufficient to meet its physiological and therapeutic effects.

Cold Pack

as ice packs, cold compresses are used for acute injuries. Cold compresses are also called cold Hydrocollator packs or cold packs trading gel, available in different sizes

commercial cold pack Application is similar to the application of the ice

NOTE : .. If you have hypersensitivity to cold or circulation problems, ice or cold compresses should be avoided. It is important that you tell your therapist about the conditions you may have when cold therapy can be cons-indicated.
  • Cryotherapy Against

See also
  • What Is Cold Therapy ?
  • What is cryotherapy?
  • When to use cold therapy for your sports Injury

References:
bursitis and tendonitis. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Review March 2011. Accessed: July 15, 2011 < http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bursitis/>

Prentice, William. therapeutic modalities for physical therapists. 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 03


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