Icing Muscles after Workouts may not be the way to Go

[pmorris13]

Hi guys! I'm new to the forum, but I want you weigh in your thoughts on this. I've seen a couple articles on how icing muscles after a ride or workout can be counter productive to the recovery process. What's your opinion on this?

Here are links to the articles I saw:


runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=26720&PageNum=1

This one is from a Crossfit trainer that I stumbled upon looking for more info on the RunningTimes article.
mobilitywod.com/2012/08/people-weve-got-to-stop-icing-we-were-wrong-sooo-wrong.html

Thanks!

 

[Jrahien]

This will be controversial for quite a while, I'm sure. While it's true that icing will bring down inflammation and swelling that your body uses to transport nutrients to an injured area, too much swelling can impede that and stop the damaged debris from moving out of the area. It's not a black-and-white topic, for sure.

 

[pmorris13]

This will be controversial for quite a while, I'm sure. While it's true that icing will bring down inflammation and swelling that your body uses to transport nutrients to an injured area, too much swelling can impede that and stop the damaged debris from moving out of the area. It's not a black-and-white topic, for sure.

I agree. I'm seeing arguments on both sides of the fence about icing. The logic behind non icing view point makes a lot of sense to me.