Why You Should STOP Using ICE for Knee Pain!
Published 2023-08-09
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In this episode, Farnham's leading over-50's physiotherapist, Will Harlow, explains why most people should STOP using ice on a painful knee!
Studies mentioned here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34141774/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16858479/
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All Comments (21)
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I heard this elsewhere a couple months ago. I’ve been using a heating pad after activity and it’s really seemed to help in healing my knee. It’s been very soothing too.
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Thank you Will! This was the advice I gave as a pharmacist (now retired) but I often had to explain why it was counter intuitive for many patients.
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Very good information.
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just found your videos. fantastic delivery. great advice. i'll check back in. have old rugby injury flaring up. thank you darren
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I knew it. Thank you so very much for this video.I knew ice wasn’t doing any good,sick to death of so called medics telling me to ice after having an arthritic knee for 12 years (at the time). I do heat as it helps, my body knows what it needs. God bless you 🙏🙋🏻♀️👍🏻🇬🇧🌟💜
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This advice really helped me! I’d been using ice on my painful knee for about 8 months and couldn’t understand why it wasn’t getting better. I’ve been using heat for the last 2 weeks and my knee pain has disappeared- thank you so much Will, this is brilliant advice. Ken
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Dr Will, you are a gem. Thanks so much
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Interesting! I though hot and cold is supposed to help healing and horses and athletes responded well to this too. It's good to know that heat is better for the knee pain healing than ice. I will use only heat from now on. Thanks for all the great tips Will!👋
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I've heard from other physicians that blood flow is increased when the ice is removed. The 'healing' effect of icing happens when you let the tissue return to normal temperature.
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How often should heat be applied. Thank you for your excellent videos and your book.
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GREAT VIDEO! It helped me, not with my knee, but with decreased blood flow to my thigh due to a vein reversal (going the wrong way). Because of this (which will be corrected soon), I have been applying ice to my thigh. No wonder the pain persisted! I was reducing--not increasing--blood flow. Heat is much better--also massage. Thank you!
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Yes my physio said to ice but I instinctively didn't (meniscus tear). I hate the cold, not into ice baths craze. I turn purple blue such bad circulation. Sunshine, hot showers, heater I am better. Feels like blood flow is not stagnant 😅😅
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Thanks for the helpful tip 🎈
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That's interesting. I have an old meniscus injury that occasionally flares up again. Will consult with my gp, but am hoping this will finally put paid to it.
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..thank you and I always use hot pad, not ice, even though I was advised to use ice.
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My spinal/chiropractic doctor told me the exact opposite to this.
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Love your content I use the excercises you recommend quick question your thoughts on cannabis for pain or cremes?
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Thanks for this, one of my knees is still swollen on and off week 8 now, I have been icing after exercises and housework 2-3 times a day, I did try heat and my knee throbs ?, a deep pain is that a good thing… should I continue with heat from now on? Patella femoral disorder was named by my physiotherapist. Any advice greatly appreciated.
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If you ice for a little bit, won't blood rush to the area after removing the ice? This could have a net positive blood flow in the end if used sparingly?
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I was told to massage knee towards heart after removing ice... moves the inflammatory cytokines
