STOP Using Cold Therapy for Acute Injuries

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    You should always use cold therapy for acute injuries, right? Wrong. Find out why!
    DATA:
    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
    musculoskeletalkey.com/treatm...
    thesportjournal.org/article/t...
    0:00 Introduction: Should you use ice for injuries?
    0:53 Is inflammation always bad?
    1:35 Why not to use cold therapy for acute injuries
    2:26 Other things to avoid for acute injuries
    2:55 What to do for acute injuries
    5:52 Check out my video on referred pain!
    Let’s talk about why you should not use cold therapy for acute injuries. While ice can help reduce pain and probably inflammation, I didn’t find any evidence that cold therapy for acute injuries improves recovery.
    There is also the question of whether or not we would want to reduce inflammation. Chronic inflammation isn’t good for your health. But, inflammation in an acute state may not be a negative thing we need to eliminate.
    Inflammation is a fundamental part of healing, and you don’t want to do anything to stop the healing process.
    Why not to use cold therapy for acute injuries:
    • It inhibits recovery
    • It slows down the repair process
    • It delays normal function
    Applying ice can help with pain, but it’s at the expense of inhibiting recovery. Medications may also slow repair because they get rid of inflammation. The key to repair is not to decrease inflammation prematurely.
    The best things to do for an acute injury:
    1. Depending on the injury and severity, you would want to use passive range of motion or active range of motion for that part of the body.
    2. Try infrared light therapy to increase recovery and decrease pain.
    3. Use manual therapy on the opposite side of your body from where you were injured.
    4. Get plenty of vitamin D to support your immune system and for inflammation and pain.
    Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
    Dr. Berg, age 57, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
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    Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
    #coldtherapy #acuteinjury #pain #inflammation #chronicinflammation
    #keto #ketodiet #weightloss #ketolifestyle
    Thanks for watching! I hope this helps explain why not to use cold therapy for acute injuries. I’ll see you in the next video.

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  • @SCRT
    @SCRT ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Can we all appreciate that he uploads consistently? 💕

  • @Drewtazy
    @Drewtazy ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’ve learned more helpful info from Dr.Berg in the last 2 years than I did in my 30 years as a registered nurse working in a hospital.

  • @pattysherwood7091
    @pattysherwood7091 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Oh thank you! I hate using cold on injuries. I refuse to do it. Now I know my instinct was right.
    Where I failed is in resting too much. Especially now that I am old!

    • @louie9373
      @louie9373 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It never felt right to use ice. I haven't had an acute injury since grade school though. School nurses love using ice packs.

    • @wardrobelion8300
      @wardrobelion8300 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sometimes rest is good though. To refresh. Our bodies take a lot of abuse and I think that if I feel the need to rest then I will try. Like a reset. Our bodies communicate with our brain and soul, and spirit every day. We just need to follow our intuitions. Stay healthy.

    • @pattysherwood7091
      @pattysherwood7091 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wardrobelion8300 😍what kind words! Thank you!

    • @kathleensmith644
      @kathleensmith644 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Walk every day. Friend of ours is 95 and he walks 3 miles every day (except in really bad weather) but he swears it keeps you fit and healthy.

  • @marmaladesunrise
    @marmaladesunrise ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Dr. Berg, I just love your early morning videos. You are as constant as the sunrise.
    Stay strong, healthy & safe forever! We need your positive input each day.
    Thank you, Dr. Berg!

  • @jodyljohnson8515
    @jodyljohnson8515 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The one thing I love about Dr Berg is the fact that he lays out the issues, explains what it is/what happens, and lays out the best method of treatment! Thank you!💞

  • @AP-nj1mr
    @AP-nj1mr ปีที่แล้ว +16

    One day after any injury ,I apply heat to increase blood flow to the area. And I keep moving that body part. Usually works for me.

  • @neilpateldpt
    @neilpateldpt ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I’m a PT student right now and this is 100% true. My teachers do tell us to ice especially if we are going to be doing subsequent therapy exercise, but ice should not be the main modality to heal an injury with inflammation. Motion is lotion with any injury unless stated otherwise by your surgeon/physician. Love this video

  • @daleg4299
    @daleg4299 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi All,
    I was an Athletic Trainer for 25 years providing emergency medical care and orthopedic rehab for collegiate athletes. RICE was the method preached and used across the board. Toward the middle of my career, I began to change the way I worked on mild to moderate injuries. Movement was the most important variable in treatment. Compression ranked a close second because it prevented significantly increased swelling in a given area.
    If I could determine that an injured athlete was reasonably functional (e.g. with an ankle injury) I taped them with elastikon so there was no way to injure it further and put them to work. Elastikon was strong enough to prevent untoward movement and forgiving enough to allow for some swelling with less pain than regular white tape. Sometimes they made it back on the field on the same day. Those that didn't were still ahead of the game the following day if they followed night time instruction. (Contralateral work, BTW, was a given with those that could not achieve normal function but less helpful with those that could.)
    The point of ice is to prevent what I'd call "run-away inflammation", not to stop inflammation entirely. Most do not understand that healing CANNOT occur without some inflammation specific to the injured area. This is why NSAIDs do not work and merely slow the process while helping to trash the nephrons in the kidneys. (First, do no harm.)
    With moderate to severe (eg. a 2+ ligament sprain;) Ice would still be my go-to.
    Thank you for this video Dr Berg!

    • @dealman3312
      @dealman3312 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you found the truth Dale.

  • @eugeniustheodidactus8890
    @eugeniustheodidactus8890 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    *PERFECT TIMING!!!* Just strained ( hyperflexion ) the toes of my right foot and it was initially doing better _while using it_ . After a day of immobilization, ice, elevation and rest, and due to this video.... I am walking gently and moving them. For my entire life, I was taught WRONG AMA nonsense. Has the AMA ever been correct ???

  • @sportmedtech
    @sportmedtech ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a head athletic trainer for the past two decades all I treat is musculoskeletal injuries. I can say with certainty that cryotherapy is a useful modality for the first 24-48 hours after the initial acute injury simply for controlling the muscle spasm pain cycle during that time and no more. Especially if you don’t have access to or don’t want to incorporate pharmaceutical modalities (i.e minors, those with known contraindications etc) If someone comes into my training room on a Monday after they injured themselves on a Friday it is already to late to use a cryotherapy modality. Also any modality you choose be it a cryotherapy, thermotherapy, mechanical, pharmaceutical or electrical is no where near as effective until you begin to combine two or more as a form of treatment. I do also recommend immediately performing passive ROM exercises as long as an X-ray has ruled out any fractures. I have had grade 2+ injuries that my athletes have been told by their primary physician would be a 4-6 week recovery functional in sport specific activities in 2-3 weeks using similar therapeutic modalities as Dr. Berg. But don’t be afraid of cryotherapy just use it for specific purposes and under the guidance of a specialist who understands the phases of healing musculoskeletal injuries. I love Dr. Berg’s videos. So much good info. 👍

    • @Vlada605
      @Vlada605 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much for the explanation!
      I dislocated my kneecap on my right knee. What kind of passive ROM do you recommend in this case? There are no fractures, the knee is just swollen and it hurts a bit. A doctor, an orthopedic specialist, told me to wear a knee orthosis for 1 month.

  • @vJaxz
    @vJaxz ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi Dr Berg, just sharing my experience and awareness. For your info I’m born in South East Asia and many of us are descendants from Ancient China. We’ve never use the R.I.C.E. whenever we got a minor sprain or dislocation of our joints. We’ve quite a few authentic and genuine TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) doctors in my country.
    The inflammation of the joints, for instance sports injury after a bad fall from playing basketball, must be check by a qualified TCM doctor if it’s a fracture or crack of the bones or a totally torn ligament, if it’s then only a Western doctor in our country doctor can help.
    If it’s not a bone injury or a broken ligament, often majority of my sports injury is not, then it’s best to get treated by a qualified TCM doctor.
    The pain is often caused by
    1) displacement of meridians and tendons
    2) elongation or stretched meridians and tendons
    3) meridians and tendons crossing each other paths.
    Yes like you’ve mentioned in the video, the qualified TCM doctor will perform some a specific sets of movement at the inflamed joints, but it’s according to specific procedures as to readjust and reposition the meridians and tendons back to the original place and location, and apply their anti-inflammatory ointment which is also their secret recipe and bandage the injured joints up and allow the body immune system to self heal. Yes and you’re correct, no cold treatment or ice cubes are used. Joints are based of accurate description of the patient of what angle he fell and injured and the joints are rotated specifically according too match that type of injury, sometimes yes you need to rotate at the specific inured joint, and sometimes the TCM doctor knows the tendons are connected to other place of the human body and rotate that place instead, like what you say in the video, rotating the opposite joints.
    The correct Chinese Word to translate meridians and tendons is 经络脉 or 筋络脉。
    So the rule of thumb is, anything that requires surgery or operation or broken bones or ligaments, always go to a Western Doctor. And anything to do with small sprains and dislocation, always go to a TCM.

  • @Zckwarriar2009zi
    @Zckwarriar2009zi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dr Berg for your constant, steady help to all of us. And your calm voice really helps as you are "always on my ear". Just a experience: On doing gymnasium steps, i injured , riped a tendon in my ankle. It swallowed big time, couldn't touch it, forget about standing up on it, went to ER. Surgery schedule for Monday. I was freaking out. It was a friday. Found this simple wise white hair lady on youtube teaching old fashion homeopathy, did the hydrotherapy cold/hot(a bucket of pretty hot water, and another filled with ice side by side, back and forth as i could stand, seconds in each one), did like 3 to 4 times daily over weekend, by Monday i was walking on that feet. I felt like my body got powers like Wolverine. I was so excited. Tuesday i was working on my feet and at the following weekend i was back on the steps. I was so incredible to me. The old fashion simple ways of living are so much better in so many levels. We become too modern for our own misfortune.

  • @rosesperfumelace
    @rosesperfumelace ปีที่แล้ว +46

    When I went through massage therapy school this concept of cold confused me when I saw athletes sitting in a freezing cold ice cube bath was also confusing as doing so would really shock the body. I also believe if you injure a muscle you need to massage it first to stretch it out and get the blood flowing. Because constricted muscles also constrict blood flow. I have had a few muscular injuries doing this helped me heal quicker.i absolutely agree letting a fever do its thing to kill any virus. By doing so you shorten the virus duration and suffering from long term symptoms.

    • @DMagnifyScentlady
      @DMagnifyScentlady ปีที่แล้ว

      That makes sense…. Butvyeah, confusing.
      PT uses cold heat before wxwrcise too but not chiros. As well as cold after treatment but chiros doesn’t too.
      Quite confusing but I dnt want to disclose whom did I follow .

    • @zl5393
      @zl5393 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The ice water therapy was for the Pineal Gland.

    • @ccast6290
      @ccast6290 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was an athlete. When we had 2 a day football practices and weight training, your body is overworked, and can get DOMS, which I had a few times, and it stopped me from moving or training until I healed. Once I discovered the ice baths, this absolutely helped recovery, and I could continue with the training. For myself, I don't use ice. I just simply lay in a tub of straight cold water, 20 minutes. A dip in a lake or river, does same. Athletes would not do this, if there was no perceived, or evidence of benefit to it.

    • @rosesperfumelace
      @rosesperfumelace ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zl5393 lol

    • @rosesperfumelace
      @rosesperfumelace ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ccast6290 it's a short term benefit but the abuse you put your body through is long term depending upon how many years you do this. Your body reacts to damage as the good doctor here states. They ice you up for their benefit of the game, not for your health. I have cared for athletes as well as construction workers etc. And the damage I've treated was terrible.

  • @MHPloni-kl5ec
    @MHPloni-kl5ec ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dr. Eric, I very much respect and appreciate your openness to search for and find truth even if it goes against the grain. Thank you!

  • @kernow1273
    @kernow1273 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant video! My chiropractor thinks I'm mad as I don't use ice on inflamed areas. Been saying for years that it didn't make sense. Huge relief to hear you talking about this. Thank you😁

  • @Amy_Stanmore
    @Amy_Stanmore ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you Dr Berg. I listen to you in my nightime routine. I'm Aussie so I'm like 12 hours ahead lol I fell over badly. Thought I broke foot and now I have a slipped disc, back pain, leg tingling, fatigue and now lower spine osteoporosis. I was only diagnosed after a ct scan at age 38. I was very very active as a kid.
    Wish I saw this a year ago. I'm sure it will help many now 😀 Tomorrow I'm going to work on my core muscles for my back.

  • @nilighosh158
    @nilighosh158 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Great advice. Excellent explanation. Thank you Dr Berg for all this free information - a true service to humanity.

  • @maryannmcgowen5070
    @maryannmcgowen5070 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! You are brilliant! Thank you for sharing life changing information daily!

  • @fbomb7184
    @fbomb7184 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I stopped prescribing NSAIDs to my fracture pt’s years ago because a few studies have come out showing that the inflammation that occurs right after a musculoskeletal injury is actually beneficial in the early phases of healing.

  • @johnbkk4011
    @johnbkk4011 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent information as always Doctor.
    Much thanks.

  • @christinethompson7421
    @christinethompson7421 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you always for what you do for us! ❤ You have been my resource above all for so many things and I trust your advice more than anyone else. I injured my ankle (pretty badly- rolled it hard as I lost footing on stairs and went down the stairs on that ankle sideways (shudder)) and though I am a 52 year old female you helped me salvage my ankle (I was walking-though not great- immediately after and since). No heat, no ice, no pain medication. I massaged my other ankle periodically though and it’s been just under a month and seems to be doing well. Much love and appreciation to you 🥰

  • @cindymcfarland4686
    @cindymcfarland4686 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and informative. Clears up a lot of misconceptions. Thank you for all your videos.

  • @germanmayorga1481
    @germanmayorga1481 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent information!I always thought that cold was not a good therapy, and now I have confirmed it.

  • @sabrinaandhusband7791
    @sabrinaandhusband7791 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks as always for all the info Dr Berg 😊

  • @jvnd2785
    @jvnd2785 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have never used cold therapy for any injuries (I abhor anything cold)...and there were so many injuries in my life I have lost a count...yet, somehow, I have always pulled through better than those using ice packs. A sprained ankle needs a compression, not cold therapy.

    • @fatmaahmad9536
      @fatmaahmad9536 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had a right shoulder injury recently so can I use heat as well as mobility. I did ice in the beginning but am glad I stopped it. I exercise and do light weights to mobilize my shoulder is much better but I can take that hand all the way back, I guess it takes time.

  • @cezar3977
    @cezar3977 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dr. Berg, you're amazing! Three days ago I sprained the ankle on my left leg. And today you upload this video.
    Informative and helpful!

  • @verborgenewahrheit1594
    @verborgenewahrheit1594 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant analysis. This is the new thinking and belief system that will elevate healing to a new level . Thank you Dr Berg 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @drkoko9604
    @drkoko9604 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We really appreciate your thoughtful videos Dr Berg !! they are priceless and life savers ! what you doing is really helping us.

  • @varietythespiceoflife3953
    @varietythespiceoflife3953 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi everyone and good morning Dr. Berg. I got tennis elbow from construction. It's been 2 months now. The pain is less but it's still there. I hope it goes away soon. Also can we all thank Dr. Berg for putting videos every single day. It's not easy and it's time consuming .

  • @kathyingram3061
    @kathyingram3061 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ~Yes!!!~This was always my theory about trying to lower a fever?!~Why stop the body from killing whatever is making you sick?!?~Im sooo glad to hear you say this!!!~

  • @ZDvineMsCassilynn
    @ZDvineMsCassilynn ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to hear the acknowledgment of opposite side focus which reduces pain immediately, I’ve been doing it for years. The RICE protocol is a shocker though.

  • @norma6743
    @norma6743 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for all the important information. 😊 ❤

  • @monteprov31yah
    @monteprov31yah ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very timely! Thank you!!

  • @bl553
    @bl553 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a fantastic eye opening talk. thank you

  • @steve1711
    @steve1711 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember this being one of your questions on your live stream. Glad you did this. Think ice is good to reduce pain in the first day or so after an injury. Recovery afterwards - I've found a wobble board was excellent for ankle injury - also helps with balance.

    • @ToastingMyJam360
      @ToastingMyJam360 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wobble board, is that one of those boards with half an exercise ball on one side?
      I've had a torn tendon on outer side of ankle for LONG time. Walking doesn't heal it. Don't want surgery. Ice it when it bothers me.

    • @steve1711
      @steve1711 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ToastingMyJam360 Yes, that what I use. I sprained my ankle a few years back and found that using the wobble board helped a lot. Use it now for exercising both ankles and also for balance. Just take it steady at first - hold on to something first.

  • @prympax
    @prympax ปีที่แล้ว

    This is pure gold! Thank you, Dr. Berg!

  • @HiKasandra
    @HiKasandra ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so useful. Strangely sprained my ankle again with a fall. The street lights were dim and I tripped. Will try out your tips! ~~

  • @mfr58
    @mfr58 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes! I was always confused about this, as the body is responding to protect and heal itself and we apply ice to counter the body's natural processes....

  • @kevinorr6880
    @kevinorr6880 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where I am glad you have come back and corrected your previous statements, I wish you would have given the credit to the sources that I cited to you. You have a very large audience, they deserve the resource for further study. I gave one to you, you should have passed it on.

  • @juanitaaitkenhead6088
    @juanitaaitkenhead6088 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooh I am the first like and comment 🥰 love your videos. Thank you. Your theory on ice is spot on 👌

  • @jodyharrington7908
    @jodyharrington7908 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I think we are going to find out that a lot of what we have been taught to do in school to manage our health has been an out right lie!!

    • @spanishmeatloaf7901
      @spanishmeatloaf7901 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not so much a lie but incorrect.

    • @Rajan-tl1wr
      @Rajan-tl1wr ปีที่แล้ว

      Not lie.. they were thought to be true earlier.. just they need to keep updating the text books with respect to current knowledge .

    • @TheSeptuagint
      @TheSeptuagint ปีที่แล้ว

      Especially pharmaceuticals

  • @djelalhassan7631
    @djelalhassan7631 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is beautiful, exactly what I think, thanks mate, and of course D3 with K2, Magnesium and Boron .

  • @junehoward4864
    @junehoward4864 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, love new information 🙂🥰
    Thank you appreciate you ❤️

  • @leovygovskiy9201
    @leovygovskiy9201 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Dr. Burg, much appreciated!!!

  • @zuzanaoruma3896
    @zuzanaoruma3896 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love I love people going against everyone, especially when they are right.

  • @KiwiKoNZ
    @KiwiKoNZ ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so unorthodox … I like it! 😉👍✨

  • @karrskarr
    @karrskarr ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting aspect of the lymphatic system about motion! LIKE!

  • @zahorzahran4609
    @zahorzahran4609 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im a Physiotherapist, and i still stand with cryotherapy for acute injuries. And a combination of heat and ice also works well. Im against deep tissue massage as it might separate the broken tissues further leading to incomplete healing or longer heaking period.

  • @mombeaubob
    @mombeaubob ปีที่แล้ว

    Exactly. I have wondered about this. Thanks.

  • @farahraheem3783
    @farahraheem3783 ปีที่แล้ว

    From pakistan.listen ur lectures because our doctor khalid Jamil relates ur studies in his lecture.very well done

  • @thidaporniamsutta
    @thidaporniamsutta 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for this video and all of your videos. May I ask you, if your Zygomatic bone, cheekbone is red and swollen because someone walked into a door, what should we do? Massage the other cheekbone?

  • @pirhan
    @pirhan ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Manual therapy sounds a lot like Injury Recall. I had a RMT do injury recall on me and it really was shocking how one session solved an reoccurring symptom. I wish more people knew about this, both doctors and therapists and patients.

    • @HiKasandra
      @HiKasandra ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Pirhan, what's injury recall? Also have had a recurring injury sadly.

    • @pirhan
      @pirhan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HiKasandra It's a technique an amazing RMT introduced me to. I honestly don't know much about it, other than some small nagging injuries were healed in one session. Try contacting your provincial/state RMT, Chiro or Kinesiologist association as they may have a list of practitioners that specialize in it. I wish you the very best in healing!

  • @cindyharrington5958
    @cindyharrington5958 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd like to know what you think about infrared heating pads. Love your videos, Dr. Berg. They have helped me many times.

  • @cindyrhodes
    @cindyrhodes ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! Dr. Berg's brilliant research-based information just blows me away and delivers us from the dark ages!

  • @shokojimhollingsworth3940
    @shokojimhollingsworth3940 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So actually, “walk it off” wasn’t horrible advice after all!

  • @user-qk8wh9js1f
    @user-qk8wh9js1f ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Dr. Berg❤

  • @fionabell1744
    @fionabell1744 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love all your work thankyou and God bless 🙌 xx

  • @cpinder7249
    @cpinder7249 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow timely! Thanks so much I injured my shoulder yesterday and was not sure if to still exercise and if I should use hot or cold pads

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว

      Most welcome! Glad you found it useful!

  • @ceejay0137
    @ceejay0137 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My understanding is that the use of ice initially is to stop the bleeding from torn capillaries, which will leak blood into the injured tissues and cause more bruising and swelling. Compression and elevation help as well, but cold induces vasoconstriction and is the most effective way to stop the bleeding. If it's just capillaries then a few minutes ought to be enough, and once the bleeding has stopped you stop using the ice and move on to other parts of the protocol.

  • @wardrobelion8300
    @wardrobelion8300 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for having my back. It never made sense to me nor felt natural.

  • @LolliLife2.0
    @LolliLife2.0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a massage therapist/bodyworker, I have told my clients to not do RICE but do MEAT - Movement, Exercise, Analgesics and Treatment. You covered them all! THANK YOU!!! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello! I'm happy to know that you found the post useful. Thanks for watching.

  • @marcjov8149
    @marcjov8149 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I wish you would do more sport-related content. For example: diet of an athlete, can you still do keto while training high volume, because I just can't get rid of idea that I need some carbs for energy...

  • @ambikalokesh4932
    @ambikalokesh4932 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much!❤

  • @cmellowdee
    @cmellowdee ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent considerations here, Dr. Berg. You are amazing.

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your positive feedback!
      Dr. Berg's Support Team

  • @wendy33040
    @wendy33040 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My husband has a shoulder that’s always bothering him. Literally he can barely use it. They told him to use ice.. I’ve been doing ultrasound on it with bio freeze. Nothing is helping. I told him it’s the bed. The way he is sleeping, but he’s hard headed. Can you do a video on men listening to their wives?? Lol 😂

    • @bentotc5097
      @bentotc5097 ปีที่แล้ว

      What ?

    • @wendy33040
      @wendy33040 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bentotc5097 you heard me 🤣

    • @texasstardust6010
      @texasstardust6010 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      .....I had a similar thing happen recently, and it was because of something that occured when I was sleeping, with how I had slept.
      I coukd barely use it ,for days, it's now better, but it was one week of it gradually getting better. You have to sleep on your back, propped up ,basically sitting up sleeping for a few days, two or three. I used a timed heating pad to fall asleep, which helps tremendously. ( on very low setting) .
      I only iced it a few times, mostly a very warm compress and by day 4, I started using " Icy Hot " cream on it, but only at night, and took Advil PM to help sleeping. This helped so much, and I researched that sleeping a certain way, on the shoulder that hurts ,will help it. Sounds counterintuitive, I know. But it worked. You have to place a long lumbar pillow butted up against your sleeping pillow, with another pillow placed semi - upright behind those other 2 pillows. It took me a little bit to find a comfortable position, but it works. If you try to lay on the opposite side of the shoulder that's injured all it's going to do is pull on that and it's going to make it worse you have to sleep on the side of the shoulder that is giving you trouble, I swear ...I'm not kidding you.... you can research it. Lol. I'm good now, after a week of that, I'd not ever had that happen to me EVER! I hope this helps .

    • @xoxogemvenus
      @xoxogemvenus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @johnhenderson8149
      @johnhenderson8149 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is called cold shoulder.uncovered at night possibly bed against the wall and bedroom door causing a draughty scenario were cold air comes up against wall.Change is needed.This can cure easily.

  • @Daisy-xl4xu
    @Daisy-xl4xu ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the most amazing man on earth!

  • @gr8rubs
    @gr8rubs ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was a massage therapist for years. I agree that treating the opposite area works. When my clients came to me with low back pain, I treated the front, the psoas, in particular, to solve the problem. Worked like a charm.

    • @camelshitonthewalls446
      @camelshitonthewalls446 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Truly interesting. I've lived in Bolivia most of my life (am Norwegian), and many years ago a friend told about this advice she'd gotten from some nuns who treated people using herbs and clay cataplasms. She had a bad knee; they told her to massage her other knee. And it worked.
      I'd almost forgotten about this.

    • @ouderwetsss
      @ouderwetsss ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@camelshitonthewalls446 damn!! That is crazy. Never heard about that 😳

  • @NPow94
    @NPow94 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Dr. Berg! I would love to get your thoughts on percussion massage guns like Theraguns for recovery.

  • @brucehood6765
    @brucehood6765 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was told by my physio when i did my acl, no ice, compression or anti-inflammatory drugs for all the reasons you described. Additionally it can lead to more scar tissue.

  • @lynnnicoletti8813
    @lynnnicoletti8813 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Doctor I just hurt my back and put ice on it and was taking it easy and relaxing!

  • @JonyBuss
    @JonyBuss ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought these so many times thanks for the info

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most welcome

  • @therealandtheunreal
    @therealandtheunreal ปีที่แล้ว

    God damn I f'ing love this guy, some of the knowledge is so good and always the best when it flies in the face of bs mainstream advice. I recently had an argument with someone who just knew they were rght about this. I had torn my either talofibular or calcaneofibular or both from a really bad ankle roll, actually it was a jump from a tree landing on two differently elevated surfaces, but same mechanics as a roll, one sureface lower than the one half my foot landed on, nice loud pop, just glad it didnt rupture but I was concerned about that, didnt go to the hospital. Did need to be more mindful and take some weight off because it was really sore after th first night, but kept moving, no ice. Then I found Berg's video about treating the opposite ankle, which was also a revelation. I also eat salads then fat and protein twice a day thanks to this channel, and I was already a healthy individual. Big up's Dr. Berg

  • @ManuelGuzman
    @ManuelGuzman ปีที่แล้ว

    I tell people this all the time when they tell me "You should put ice on it". Glad I have a video now to share.

  • @WOLFSENT1
    @WOLFSENT1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’M MORE INTELLIGENT THAN I THOUGHT! I DO EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED, minus the IR. I stay away from pain medication‘s. Even when I was a little kid, my mom told me that I didn’t even want to take an aspirin. I never smoked, never got hammered, never did any drugs, always involved in sports and activities. I guess I was just blessed with a natural instinct to not do the wrong thing. Of course, it helps that my pain threshold is very high. Even when I have a fever, I wrap up in the blanket and sweat profusely to the point that I have to change my sheets twice a night.

  • @stuartpaul9211
    @stuartpaul9211 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Doc, aren't the symptoms of any infection, injury or illness part of the bodies immune/repair response?

  • @phillycheesesteak9080
    @phillycheesesteak9080 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Doctor Berg! Can you please tackle tremors and how to get rid of it naturally. Thanks for all the hard work you do just to educate us❤️❤️❤️

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello. Please see the videos here: th-cam.com/users/DrEricBergDCsearch?query=tremors
      -Dr. Berg's Support Team

  • @SnoopiFL5
    @SnoopiFL5 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you recommend Ice for server plantar fasciitis??

  • @Primeroyal516
    @Primeroyal516 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks you for this 🥰

  • @ranjanmotivation734
    @ranjanmotivation734 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dr. Eric sir please tell me which food good for neuron in our body. My father suffer from nerve problem in abdomen. 🙏

  • @zak6185
    @zak6185 ปีที่แล้ว

    Many thanks sir! You are a good man

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your positive feedback!
      Dr. Berg's Support Team

  • @mikie6453mikie
    @mikie6453mikie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Agree, Dr. Mirkin, who started the RICE protocol in the 60's, says it was not based on science but rather his educated guess. He now says the science supports what you say

  • @dealman3312
    @dealman3312 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Say you injure your thumb. Your thumb normally will be running at a voltage of -25mv. It feels fine and works. Now if i hit it with a hammer, it will turn red, swell and be hot. It automatically will go to -50mV. This is necessary to make new cells needed to replace the ones damaged. At -50mV, blood vessels dilate and dump raw materials such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, etc into the area. You need those raw materials to build new cells. You also need -50mV to have the energy to turn these raw material into new cells. When you've made enough new cells, the thumb goes back to -25mV, and its normal.
    This is what i learned from Dr. Jerry Tennant. So it makes sense what Dr. Berg says, dont ice it, which will constrict the vessels, stopping raw materials from entering the thumb to heal.

  • @jennifertentativa5147
    @jennifertentativa5147 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally agree with that! If i have a client who has a lower back pain if i work on his tummy totally eliminate pain .. I always dont use cold compress for sprain by the time it happened. I make sure it doesnt get wet, put oil on it and massage it gently to prevent swelling.. I dont let water to get in that area to shorten recovery

  • @bellslinki
    @bellslinki ปีที่แล้ว

    Great info!

  • @benjammin365
    @benjammin365 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s almost like you know what I’m going through. Thank you!

    • @Drberg
      @Drberg  ปีที่แล้ว

      You're very welcome!

  • @KevinRStrauss
    @KevinRStrauss ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This information about R.I.C.E. is true. Dr. Gabe Mirkin, and orthopedic doctor and marathon runner came up with the protocol in the 1970s, I believe. However, several years ago, he redacted it completely. Massaging a sprain often, as much pain as you can handle, is also very helpful along with light stretching and Range Of Motion movements. I healed a soft ball size ankle sprain in a week and was running again.

  • @simon_ns
    @simon_ns ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that makes so much sense

  • @thurston4mor
    @thurston4mor ปีที่แล้ว

    Having seen a lot of injuries
    Hematomas
    It helps to reduce blood flow to help clotting commence.
    Especially scalp bleeds

  • @heyheyyoyo3583
    @heyheyyoyo3583 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your insight just wondering what f you put any thought on head injuries ?

  • @msSweeTae
    @msSweeTae ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My one PE teacher told us that cooling an injury can be damaging, because your just numbing the pain which can lead to more damages, because you're not able to listen to the signals of your body afterwards. I was quite impressed when he told us this.
    His example was an ankle injury and it's logical when you think about it.
    He even got quite angry when he talked about those cooling sprays some people use.

  • @TiMalice2009
    @TiMalice2009 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well I have my infrared device so good to know!

  • @maxxine987
    @maxxine987 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for Info. Very informative. I slept on my right big finger and now I realized that my joint cannot bend and I'm in Pain. Please tell me what to do. Thanks in advance

  • @joshuakincaid8238
    @joshuakincaid8238 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I work as a stage hand and we help make stages for concerts ! And Sometimes we do it outside in the hot Florida sun and I've been injured or got hurt , so what do I do if I'm already out in the sun getting vitamin D but it's way too hot and maybe I've Sprained my ankle or hurt myself lifting something ! How can I implement these things in the moment to get back out there !

  • @palaceofwisdom9448
    @palaceofwisdom9448 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Regarding stopping the body from healing itself, would that apply to cold medicine? I've often wondered if taking something to limit congestion actually prolongs the illness.

  • @sadafzafar9110
    @sadafzafar9110 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Plz sir guide about planter fasciitis n its cure...thnx

  • @BrecMadak
    @BrecMadak ปีที่แล้ว

    Your older videos have better audio and video for some reason. Please consider checking the quality of them since I always have to increase the volume every time I watch one of your videos from this year.

  • @joneaton3366
    @joneaton3366 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks I guess will apply for me as 2 weeks in still constantly in after kicking a lump of concrete whilst out running

  • @michellemillette7314
    @michellemillette7314 ปีที่แล้ว

    Exactly what my orthopedic surgeon told me after knee replacement surgery.

  • @gisellasuescum7672
    @gisellasuescum7672 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to know. Thank you

  • @anaselmouri5131
    @anaselmouri5131 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Docteur, I have a ligament injury in my hand. Should I stop or continue training. Thanks!