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

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   When to use ice for back pain. Cold therapies work for pain by decreasing the acute inflammatory response, says Bestin Kuriakose, D.O., specialist in interventional spine and pain management with ...

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

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   Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of muscle fibers, says Dr. Lucas Buchler, a physician of sports medicine and orthopaedic surgery at ...

4. Cryotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy can be used in many ways, including whole body exposure for therapeutic health benefits or may be used locally to treat a variety of tissue lesions .

5. Back injury - Wikipedia

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   Cold therapy reduces inflammation, edema, pain, and muscle spasms associated with acute back injury. [19] Heat therapy is used to reduce pain and alleviate sore and stiff muscles. [19] Heat therapy is proposed to work by facilitating delivery of nutrients and oxygen to the site of injury to accommodate healing. [19]

6. The best back braces of 2025, according to experts - AOL

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   In the case of non-urgent, mild back pain, it's best to rest, consider over-the-counter medications to help reduce pain and inflammation, and alternate between cold and heat therapy. But if your ...

7. Cold compression therapy - Wikipedia

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   Cold compression is a combination of cryotherapy and static compression, commonly used for the treatment of pain and inflammation after acute injury or surgical procedures. [1] [2] Cryotherapy, the use of ice or cold in a therapeutic setting, has become one of the most common treatments in orthopedic medicine. The primary reason for using ...