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Ice, ice baby . . . but for how long?

Posted July 3, 2007 at 08:00 PM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: His Fitness, Injuries & Rehab, His Health, Physical Health

ice-cubes It was 3:30 AM. My husband and I had just rolled into Duluth, MN from Chicago, IL so that I could compete in a half marathon, and the next think we knew, he was on the floor in pain, tightly gripping his right ankle. He suffers from chronically weak ankles as a result of years spent rolling them as a competitive high school and college athlete, and one mis-step today often spells trouble. Within minutes, his ankle swelled to the size of a softball, and I frantically searched through the card catalog of physical therapy treatments in my mind: should he ice for 20 minutes or 10 minutes?

After years of muscle flare-ups and running injuries, I was surprised to find myself fumbling over the correct answer. And since I couldn’t accurately recall an answer, we opted for the more conventionally prescribed 20 minutes and a dose of RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation).

But according to a recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, he may have been better off sticking to 10 minutes.

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