The bodies natural response to an injury is to produce inflammation. I would assume thats the bodies response from milleniums of evolution so it serves a purpose in the healing of the injury? But the general consensus is once injured we do everything we can to reduce inflammation. I don’t understand and am obviously missing info / intepreting info wrong. ELI5
Or am I on the right track and this is why RICE isn’t recommended as much any more and heat is?
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Think of inflammation as like the microscopic equivalent of “fight or flight”. It’s great for surviving a real emergency, but it’s not a sustainable state and chronic fight or flight stress is bad for you if you’re not in actual danger.
Inflammation deals with infections and emergencies, but it’s a toxic response that’s not great for your body.
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