Overview

Dr. Curtis presents another timely health-related topic.  In this episode, he discusses the completely disproven, completely unhelpful, actually harmful--RICE Protocol.

RICE = (REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION)

Anyone who has ever strained a muscle twisted an ankle, or torqued a ligament can relate to this now disproven strategy.

Deeper Reading

Covered

• ORIGINS OF THE RICE PROTOCOL
• DR. MIRKIN, Father of RICE PROTOCOL
• Gary Reinl--THE ANTI-ICEMAN
• Inflammation, Repair, Remodeling
• What to do with Swelling 
• Icing's effect on tissue damage
• Ice decreases circulation and cell repair
• Ice decreases healing
• Ice slow growth factors for muscle/bone/blood vessel cells
• ARITA (Active, Recovery, IS, THE, Answer)
• MEAT (movement, exercise, analgesia, treatment)

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