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2. Should You Use Ice or Heat for Your Back Pain? - AOL

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   Heat therapies work for subacute pain and/or chronic conditions, says Dr. Kuriakose. “Heat can help reduce pain thresholds, reduce muscle spasms, help with chronic inflammation and decrease ...

3. Muscle cramps are a pain. These expert-approved tips ... - AOL

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   Massaging and applying heat or ice to the site of the cramp can help provide fast relief, Benjamin recommends. OTC pain medications, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen or naproxen, may also help ...

4. When to Use Heat—and When to Use Ice—for Sore ... - AOL

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5. Heat therapy - Wikipedia

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   Heat creates higher tissue temperatures, which produces vasodilation that increases the supply of oxygen and nutrients and the elimination of carbon dioxide and metabolic waste. [12] Heat therapy is useful for muscle spasms, myalgia, fibromyalgia, contracture, bursitis. [12] Moist heat can be used on abscesses to help drain the abscess faster. [13]

6. Thoracic outlet syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Ice can be used to decrease inflammation of sore or injured muscles. Heat can also aid in relieving sore muscles by improving blood circulation to them. While the whole arm generally feels painful in TOS, some relief can be seen when ice or heat is intermittently applied to the thoracic region (collar bone, armpit, or shoulder blades).

7. RICE (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Heat has the opposite effect of ice, which restricts blood flow and slows the healing process. The use of heat will open up the blood vessels in the affected area. This helps speed up the healing process as well as reduce the possibility of persistent stagnation in the affected area and reduce the risk of future re-injury.

8. Cryotherapy - Wikipedia

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   An ice pack is placed over an injured area and is intended to absorb heat of a closed traumatic or Edematous injury by using conduction to transfer thermal energy. The physiologic effects of cold application include immediate vasoconstriction with reflexive vasodilation , decreased local metabolism and enzymatic activity, and decreased oxygen ...

9. The best muscle pain relief creams of 2025, according to ...

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   Cost: $7 | Active ingredients: Lidocaine | Type: Cream | Amount: 4.3 ounces. Lidocaine is another popular ingredient found in pain relief creams. It's a topical anesthetic that's often used to ...