Lighthouse Acupuncture

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The RICE protocol (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) was the standard recommendation for the treatment of swelling and local inflammation around the site of an acute injury, but it turns out this was just some made up none-sense... This has been on my mind for years while, but Kelly Starrett recently did a blog post and video interview with Gary Reinl on the subject that really inspired me to share this information: Dr. Merkin, the person who invented the RICE approach, pub...licly recanted the protocol years ago, saying that he made it up in his 1978 sports medicine book. He admitted that research has clearly showed he was wrong and wrote the forward for Gary Reinl's book about how Icing is bullshit. RICE actually delays healing and causes additional damage. -Rest/sitting still stops movement and lowers cardiac output and leads to dissuse atrophy. -Ice slows down movement and restricts blood circulation limiting supplies. Ice also kills muscle cells and superficial nerves. -Compression also slows down movement, causes backflow of the lymphatic system, trapping wastes in the area, and restricts blood circulation which delivers the supplies for repair. -Elevation slows circulation way down. None of those actions remove the obstacles that prevent healing, actually, they add more obstacles to healing and make the problem worse. The goal of healing is to prevent further tissue damage, and repair that which has already been damaged. Ice: -trap the waste in and around the damaged site -prevent the natural flow of oxygen & supplies -cause systemic dissuse atrophy -suppress muscle/tissue regeneration Not only that, but ice numbs the pain, which is a signal that is telling you what movements and positions to avoid. Without those signals, you may very well be making matters worse by not feeling what is bad for you. That is the opposite effect that we are trying to create. Active recovery (movement of the affected and surrounding tissues) in ways that do not illicit pain, is the only answer. Check out Kelly Starrett's blog post on the subject: https://thereadystate.com/trigger-warning-youve-got-to-sto/