October 25th, 2009

REST DAY

Sherri trap bar farmers walk 195# in the pouring rain

Most of us that have ever trained hard or played a sport have experienced the painful side; injuries. Sometime severe, sometimes acute always aggravating. Not only for the injury itself, but the mental aspect of not being able to train. One of the best and simplest ways to assist the healing process is from the use of ice therapy. The use of a cold/ice pack reduces the inflammation and swelling that occurs after injury. It helps relieve the pain by numbing sore tissues, it slows the nerve impulses in the area interrupting the pain or spasm reaction between the nerves. A basic method is ten on/ten off as many times as possible. It is not recommended to keep ice on any area for more than 25 minutes.