Originally Posted by
koffee brown
I agree with all, but if you really want to ice and elevate for a longer time, consider doing it at night just when you're heading for bed. I have had so many injuries lately (aggressive boxing training!) and trying to ice during the day is just impossible, but icing at night is so much better! I will wrap up my hurt areas with ice packs and pretty much get to bed. Strangely, I don't like using anti-inflammatories or anything like that. I used to massage, but I feel like overall, it irritates the offending area more than it hurts, so I cut back significantly on that.
koffee
Yup, Icing can be a pain just like elevating the area and I think a lot of people do it at night or if they're sitting down to watch a film etc. A decent icing pack is a good purchase to be honest. I had a friend who used to get ice cubes, wrap them up in a towel and tie it around his leg when he'd been injured (which was most of the time, he did kick-boxing and wasn't very good at it
) anyway after the film he was watching or nap he was taking he'd end up with a big wet patch on his sofa. Needless to say he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Maybe you were massaging a bit too hard or to early but then some people just don't like it or benefit as much as others it's down to what works for you really, heh much like everything else in the world.