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Homeless Kodo Dec 2022 10:06am, 1 Dec 2022 1,912 posts	0 Homeless Kodo The term RICE (Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation.) was coined by Harvard Physician Dr Gabe Mirkin, as the recommended treatment for sports injuries in his landmark ‘The Sports Medicine Book.’ He retracted it in 2013 saying “Subsequent research shows that ice can actually delay recovery. Mild movement helps tissue to heal faster, and the application of cold suppresses the immune responses that start and hasten recovery.”
GlennR Dec 2022 10:16am, 1 Dec 2022 66,739 posts	0 GlennR [Now that is something useful.]
GregP Dec 2022 10:19am, 1 Dec 2022 141,005 posts	0 GregP [indeed so]
ChrisHB Dec 2022 10:44am, 1 Dec 2022 22,082 posts	0 ChrisHB The words stiff-necked and hard-hearted entered our language because early translators of the Hebrew Bible chose to copy them. But they didn't copy long-nosed, which means merciful.
Cerrertonia Dec 2022 10:58am, 1 Dec 2022 17,972 posts	0 Cerrertonia [interesting. I had wondered whether Welsh styfnig meaning stubborn had some connection with stiff-necked, but it seems not.]
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 11:02am, 1 Dec 2022 35,498 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens England can bat well in Pakistan.
Diogenes Dec 2022 1:24pm, 1 Dec 2022 74,739 posts	0 Diogenes In Bewitched, the Stephens family home was at 1164 Morning Glory Circle.
GordonG Dec 2022 1:43pm, 1 Dec 2022 9,485 posts	0 GordonG The RICE comment is very interesting. I remember asking on this site many moons ago why ice helped, given that it stopped the blood flow and (AFAIA) it's the blood flowing that helps recovery. The answer i got was that the ice stopped further damage, but that seemed odd to me as I would have thought that the 'damage' was already done during the exercise.
Groundhog Dec 2022 2:03pm, 1 Dec 2022 5,030 posts	0 Groundhog That is interesting. I have never favoured ice for an injury, but prefer a warm bath to ease pain and stiffness and generally just relax. I have tried alternating ice and heat on an Achilles injury on advice from a physio, but had no real improvement over just resting it for a while, before starting rehab exercises.
Velociraptor Dec 2022 2:09pm, 1 Dec 2022 61,372 posts	0 Velociraptor Also never a RICE enthusiast. It still gets thrown around as indiscriminate advice when the actual best-practice management has multiple variables which may or may not include one or more elements of RICE. [I was aware of Dr Mirkin's retraction though I'd forgotten his name.]