It’s my understanding that swelling is the body’s way of delivering healing “supplies” to the injured area. Why are we stopping that from occurring?
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you understood that correctly.
The author of the RICE (Rest Ice Compress Elevate) method has revoked the theory saying it doesn’t work and research has shown movement to be more effective for light injuries like you mention “walking it off”.
Edit: Article where the author of the method discusses research that shows his theory is wrong [https://www.drmirkin.com/fitness/why-ice-delays-recovery.html](https://www.drmirkin.com/fitness/why-ice-delays-recovery.html)
Squat University on youtube and instagram is a injury rehab expert (i forgot the english term for this) and has a number of videos on proper recovery you can find if you search for RICE or icing injuries on his channels
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