SELF CARE #4- Ice Ice Baby

Ice. It’s your best friend when things are off, uncomfortable, inflamed or in the inbetween time before you can get to a doctor or massuese. Ice is our final bullet point in our self care list.

The training acronym RICE says it best
Rest
Ice
Comprehsion
Elevation

As many therapists and doctors will tell you ( of which I am NOT one)…ice is the easiest, cheapest best way to keep inflamation and pain down.

In this day and age of wellness and health I just cannot understand why every person who is after full wellness and/or fitness does not have a loved massuese and chiropractor they visit regularly. The relationship between fascia and bone is literally inseperable. In order to get full response from a muscle you need to know where the bone is…and what it may be telling your nervous system to do. They are attached…at the hip so to speak…..if self care was consistantly a part of your fitness program, you might not even need RICE.