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Topic: Ice
Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Thu 05/29/08 01:18 PM
or heat. Which is better for knee pain?

ljcc1964 Joined Fri 10/19/07 Posts: 8298	Thu 05/29/08 01:18 PM
Both...alternating...every 20 min.

Queene123 Joined Tue 06/26/07 Posts: 17056	Thu 05/29/08 01:18 PM
ice

debbie1980 Joined Sun 09/09/07 Posts: 20487	Thu 05/29/08 01:19 PM
i find only heat helps my pain, not ice.

SoldiernTX Joined Tue 01/01/08 Posts: 235	Thu 05/29/08 01:20 PM
Both...alternating...every 20 min. What she said!

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Thu 05/29/08 01:24 PM
After the injury you are supposed to do ice for 24 to 36 hours. Then switch to heat, and take an NSAID the whole time.

robert1652 Joined Wed 11/14/07 Posts: 8447	Thu 05/29/08 01:25 PM
Both...alternating...every 20 min. What she said! what he said too

seaworthy1963 Joined Mon 08/14/06 Posts: 592	Thu 05/29/08 01:28 PM
Medication, preferably prescription. lol

BrooklineBaby Joined Sun 04/27/08 Posts: 469	Thu 05/29/08 01:28 PM
Both...alternating...every 20 min. You're right, although sometimes the doctors will say that initially cold for the first 24 hours to take the swelling down, then heat, but I've always found that alternating, BUT using more cold if there's alot of swelling is the best route to go.

Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Thu 05/29/08 01:29 PM
Thanks everyone

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Thu 05/29/08 01:30 PM
Thanks everyone You're welcome. I would strongly suggest going to WebMD and checking it out before you put heat on an injury with swelling in the first 24 to 36 hours, okay?

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