SkeletonWarrior wrote:
Lewis_is_java wrote:
SkeletonWarrior wrote:
Lewis_is_java wrote:
SkeletonWarrior wrote:
Lewis_is_java wrote:
Don't know why everyone is recommending heat remedies if it is a sore neck or has anything to do with muscles I would recommend an ice pack or a cold shower as cold reduces inflammation, only problem is cold showers are hard as fuck to get into man
I would like to point out a heat pack helps to increase blood flow and blood presure in your muscle being the best for chronic muscle pain.
A cold pack does the complete oposite. Hence they use it in in such injuries as brusing etc. It helps to slow the blood flow and help with the pain.
Ice to reduce swelling and then heat my guy
Thats true I forgot to mention that. But cold is never good for a pulled/stiff muscle
Well it's actually what's recommended to be used, using heat can increase the swelling through the incresed blood flow, the procedure is called RICE and stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, And Elevation Procedure, follow this sorle and you should be fine if it's a strain if not you're fucked cause blocked probably right with a pinched nerve
I don't feel like his neck is being swollen I feel lile he just pulled a muscle or two from a bad move. Happened to me so many times and a heat pack always helped.
What ice and heat are for
Ice is for fresh injuries, and heat is for stiff, aching muscles. Roughly. But the devil is in the details, and there are a lot of them.
Ice is for injuries — calming down damaged superficial tissues that are inflamed, red, hot and swollen. The inflammatory process is a healthy, normal, natural process … that also happens to be incredibly painful and more biologically stubborn than it needs to be. Icing is mostly just a mild, drugless way of dulling the pain of inflammation and taking swelling down a bit… we hope.2 Examples: a freshly pulled muscleor a new case of IT band syndrome (which is more likely to respond than the other kind of runner’s knee, patellofemoral pain, because ITBS is superficial and PFPS is often a problem with deeper tissues).
Heat is for muscles, chronic pain, and stress — taking the edge off symptoms like muscle aching and stiffness, which have many unclear causes,3but trigger points are probably one of the usual suspects.4 Chronic pain, especially back pain, often involves lots of tension, anxiety, hypervigilance, and sensitization, and comfortable heat can soothe a jangled mind and nervous system. Stress and fear are major factors in many painful problems, of course.
www.painscience.com/articles/ice-heat-confusion.php