One for my Hommies
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Mar 052009
Cold treatments can be effective at treating and preventing injuries. I don’t know a whole lot about it (Refer to Figure 1) but Dave Macleod does. Check out this article on his site for further information.
Figure 1: My typical cold treatment for swollen fingers.
I’m heading up to Nederland this weekend for Frozen Dead Guy Days. This should be pretty cool with a parade, New Belgium’s Two Below beer, and a frozen dead guy. Maybe I’ll learn something about cold treatments.
I’ve heard Nederland makes Boulder seem like Colorado Springs, but that’s another story.
E
There’s a documentary on the frozen dead guy that’s pseudo-interesting as well: ‘Grandpa’s in the TUFF-Shed’
Here’s to ice, beer and bluegrass!
Frozen Dead Guy Days… silly humans and their festivals.
After an A2 pulley injury right about a year ago, I started using Dave’s cool water treatment. However not long after, after advice from others, I switched to hot/cold immersion baths. I ended up healing surprisingly well. I wish I would’ve used the treatments mutually exclusive of each other, so I would have a better idea of the effectiveness of each. Ultimately though, I feel the hot/cold baths and a CAREFUL, SLOW return did work in my case. Also, after a little time I started doing open-hand hangs on the hangboard. This is probably one the most controlled settings you can achieve: ease on to them and if you feel pain just let go. It also provides a good progress marker of the recovery.
Kris,
Thanks for the info. I’ll check out the hot/cold immersion.
E
Hmmm… thanks for the info. I’m 6 weeks into a finger injury with almost no improvement. Hopefully this will help, especially with warmer weather and longer days coming up fast.