Sports Injury

R.I.C.E. vs P.O.L.I.C.E.: A New Approach to Acute Injury Management

R.I.C.E. vs P.O.L.I.C.E.: A New Approach to Acute Injury Management

If you’ve ever gone to the doctor after a bad ankle sprain, chances are your doctor recommended the RICE protocol. RICE is an acronym standing for rest, ice, compression, and elevation. While the acronym is easy to remember and simple to follow, it has begun to fall out of favor due to a new protocol showing better results for healing! This new and improved acronym for the management of an acute injury is POLICE, which stands for protection, optimal loading, ice, compression, and elevation.

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The Benefits of Cupping Therapy

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The Benefits of Cupping Therapy

Cupping therapy releases the muscles, moves lymph fluids, increases blood flow, and initiates a healing response. When there has been injury to the muscle or when a muscle becomes chronically tight from overuse, underuse, or incorrect posture, blood and lymphatic fluid does not move freely through the area. Over time this creates stagnation of these substances within the muscles and tissues. Simply put, stagnation leads to pain.