| Cold therapy is an age-old method for treating | | | | skin damage, stop icing once the skin is numb. There |
| chronic pain and injuries. Cold therapy treats the | | | | are many methods for creating the proper ice for ice |
| affected area by slowing down the blood flow to | | | | therapy, but the easiest, most portable, and most |
| that area, which in turn, helps to reduce inflammation, | | | | effect method is using a portable ice massager such |
| muscle spasms, and pain. If you have ever sprained | | | | as the Ice-Up massager. While regular ice cubes can |
| an ankle or suffered a torn muscle, you know how | | | | be used, larger pieces of ice are more effective at |
| much better a cold compress can make it feel. | | | | covering the injured area and truly penetrating the |
| Massage therapy, on the other hand, treats injury | | | | tissue. However, large-enough pieces of ice can be |
| and helps to relax muscles by working on the tissue | | | | hard to get at home, and are not easy to take with |
| itself. Massage can help to relieve psychological | | | | you. |
| stress, improve the mood, manage various levels of | | | | Ice-Up massage therapy products can be taken with |
| pain, relieve a migraine or sinus headache, and | | | | you to sporting events to take care of injuries and |
| improve circulation. | | | | pain on the spot. The Ice-Up portable carrying cooler |
| When muscle strain is present, caused by a sports | | | | keeps the massager frozen for up to ten hours-- so |
| injury or some sort of accident, a combination of | | | | you will be as ready to treat injuries at the end of |
| both cold therapy and massage can have a lot of | | | | the game as you were at the beginning. Ice-Up can |
| benefits to minimizing pain and discomfort. This | | | | also be kept in the freezer at home to make deep |
| treatment, called ice massage, adds the benefit of | | | | ice massage available to you anytime. The ergonomic |
| compression to regular cold therapy. This allows the | | | | design is insulated, making it comfortable use without |
| cold therapy to penetrate the muscle more deeply | | | | freezing your fingers and can stay frozen for up to |
| and effectively. Because of this, ice massage therapy | | | | ten hours. |
| sessions are normally only five to ten minutes, rather | | | | A portable ice massager such as Ice-Up, is a real |
| than the twenty minutes recommended for regular | | | | requirement to have on hand for anybody who takes |
| cold therapy. | | | | part in a lot of sporting activities-it is by far one of |
| Ice massage should be applied to the injured area | | | | the best ways to get pain relief right after an injury. |
| (especially on ligament, tendon, and muscular injuries) | | | | At first, ice massage patients will complain of an |
| with slow, circular strokes. The key is to start the ice | | | | uncomfortable chill, then a burning sensation, followed |
| massage as soon as possible after an injury. Do not | | | | by an ache. In the end, they feel total numbness and |
| leave the ice directly on the skin but keep it moving | | | | easing of pain. |
| or wrap it in a wet towel. In order to avoid possible | | | | |