Six Ways to Ice Away the Pain

Men’s Journal offers six increasingly expensive ways to chill away the pain of an overly aggressive workout, or perhaps collision, from Geezer’s preferred method –a bag of frozen peas- to a $2,500 device that pumps air and circulates ice water through fitted sleeves in a cycle of cold and compression. Most useful: the magazine’s advice on how to chill:During the first 24-48 hours after injury,
swelling and fluid pooling are at their peaks. That’s the time to be
aggressive about cryotherapy. Apply ice along with compression for 20
minutes at least four or five times a day (but, to avoid frostbite,
don’t ice more than once an hour). Many athletes have found that
cryotherapy also helps with muscle recovery after especially hard
workouts. While ice might speed the process, however, there’s no
clinical proof for it yet.
Read more in Men’s Journal.