Ice Pack vs Heat Pack

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What Are the Benefits of Ice Pack and Heat Pack? • To see daily videos about body health ✅SUBSCRIBE✅ to our channel: https://bit.ly/3loBLuK... • We recommend you watch this video too: • How To Increase Your Metabolism To Lo... • We'll be talking about these items in this video: • How does an ice pack work? • What are the benefits of an ice pack? • Are gel packs better than ice? • What happens if you ice too long? • What is a heat pack and how does it work? • What can I use as a heat pack? • What are heat packs good for? • What does applying heat do to muscles? • Why are heating pads bad for you? • We treat everything from arthritis to pulled muscles, to inflammation with ice packs or heating pads. Treating pain with hot and cold can be extremely effective for many different conditions and injuries, and easily affordable. The tricky part is knowing what situations call for hot, and which calls for cold. Sometimes a single treatment will even include both. • There has always been confusion about when to use a reusable heat pack, and when to use a cold pack. It's extremely important to know when to use what type of pack because your pain could become much worse if you end up using the wrong product. • As a general rule of thumb, use ice for acute injuries or pain, along with inflammation and swelling. Use heat for muscle pain or stiffness. Heat Therapy • How It Works • Heat therapy works by improving circulation and blood flow to a particular area due to increased temperature. Increasing the temperature of the afflicted area even slightly can soothe discomfort, and increase muscle flexibility. Heat therapy can relax and soothe muscles, and heal damaged tissue. • Types • There are two different types of heat therapy: • dry heat and moist heat. Both types of heat therapy should aim for “warm” as the ideal temperature instead of “hot.” • Dry heat (or “conducted heat therapy”) includes sources like heating pads, dry heating packs, and even saunas. This heat is easy to apply. • Moist heat (or “convection heat”) includes sources like steamed towels, moist heating packs, or hot baths. Moist heat may be slightly more effective as well as require less application time for the same results. • Professional heat therapy treatments can also be applied. The heat from an ultrasound, for example, can be used to help the pain in tendonitis. • When applying heat therapy, you can choose to use local, regional, or whole-body treatment. Local therapy is best for small areas of pain, like one stiff muscle. You could use small heated gel packs or a hot water bottle if you only want to treat an injury locally. Regional treatment is best for more widespread pain or stiffness and could be achieved with a steamed towel, large heating pad, or heat wraps. Full body treatment would include options like saunas or a hot bath. • When Not To Use • There are certain cases where heat therapy should not be used. If the area in question is either bruised or swollen (or both), it may be better to use cold therapy. Heat therapy also shouldn’t be applied to an area with an open wound. • People with certain pre-existing conditions should not use heat therapy due to a higher risk of burns, or complications due to heat application. These conditions include: • Diabetes • Dermatitis • Vascular diseases • Deep vein thrombosis • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • If you have either heart disease or hypertension, ask your doctor before using heat therapy. If you are pregnant, check with your doctor before using saunas or hot tubs. • Applying Heat Therapy • Heat therapy is often most beneficial when used for a good amount of time, unlike cold therapy, which needs to be limited. • Minor stiffness or tension can often be relieved with only 15 to 20 minutes of heat therapy. • Moderate to severe pain can benefit from longer sessions of heat therapy like a warm bath, lasting between 30 minutes and two hours. • Cold therapy • How It Works • Cold therapy is also known as cryotherapy. It works by reducing blood flow to a particular area, which can significantly reduce inflammation and swelling that causes pain, especially around a joint or a tendon. It can temporarily reduce nerve activity, which can also relieve pain. • Types • There are many different ways to apply cold therapy to an affected area. Treatment options include: • Ice packs or frozen gel packs • Coolant sprays • Ice massage • Ice baths • Other types of cold therapy that are sometimes used include: • Cryo stretching, which uses cold to reduce muscle spasms during stretching • Cryokinetics, which combines cold treatment and active exercise, and can be useful for ligament sprains • Whole-body cold therapy chambers • #parshealthclinic #parshealthtv #heattherapy #coldtherapy #heatpack #icepack

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