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Is it okay to use ice pads for ankle sprains

from playing golf?

골프중 발목 염좌시, 아이스패드가 맞을까

Representative Director
of the Inter-American Division of
Self-developed Oriental Medicine Hospital
Oriental Medicine doctor
/ a doctor of Oriental medicine
Lee Woo-kyung
자생한방병원 대표원장
이 우경

Sometimes the discomfort lasts longer than a month the other side. Do it for about two to three days until
when there is pain from a minor sprain from playing the swelling disappears. And when the acute period
golf, but it is not a big problem walking. When pa- has passed and there is no swelling or heat anymore
tients with such symptoms come to the hospital and and only a stiff feeling remains, from this point on,
ask about their treatment, they say that they put a hot you should wear a warm heating pad. The heating
pad from the day they were injured despite the swell- pad helps to restore damaged ligaments and tendons
ing and pain in their ankles or wrists. This is obviously by raising the temperature of the affected area. The
wrong. Such a clear inflammatory reaction makes you heating pad can be used in a state of acute and chronic
feel feverish, swollen, which you should have used an onset, or applied to "degenerative arthritis" or "degen-
ice pad when accompanied by pain. erative scoliosis" that occurs as you age.

On the contrary, it is not just painful because of fall or When there is swelling and fever from strong pain
tweak at any moment, but there are cases where it is in the ankle, raising the temperature with the heat-
continuous insensitive pain. In particular, senior citi- ing pad can only cause further inflammation. In such
zens in their 50s and 60s and older often suffer chronic cases, simple sprains, which can be completely cured
pain from "degenerative arthritis" or "degenerative for up to two weeks, can be prolonged for two to three
spinal cord disease," and in such cases, ice pads, as if months, or damage to ligaments and tendons can not
they sprained their ankles today, usually cause more be recovered in time, and the effects of the damage
pain. In such a case, it is necessary to warm the heat- can continue to recur even after a few years. On the
ing pad and raise the temperature in the area to reduce contrary, senior patients in their 60s and older con-
the symptoms. tinue to suffer from mild and dull back pain due to de-
generacy, and the prolonged cold ice pad reduces the
As such, it is very important to use heating pads and temperature of the area, causing more degenerative
ice pads, which are the basis of all physical therapy, changes and even more pain. This is the same logic as
according to their symptoms and causes. First of all, the elderly living in California's dry and clear environ-
ice pads are used when there is sudden pain, swelling ment and then moving to New York, where joint pain
in the eye, and heat is present when touched, unlike and back pain never existed.

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