Articles
Johns Hopkins Article on Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is the "I" component of R.I.C.E. (rest, ice, compression, and elevation). This is a treatment recommended for the home care of many injuries, particularly ones caused by sports.
Parent-protector
child injury parents prepare protector sports
As a parent, I know how tough it can be to watch your kids play a sport. You know they will get banged-up, bruised and eventually suffer a painful injury. You take your job as their protector very seriously. In fact, the parent-protector role is one of the strongest human behaviors. So how do you protect your child as they grow and develop through sports? The best way is to come prepared to immediately treat the inevitable soft-tissue injury. Bring a small ice chest with zipper bags full of ice, Frog-Skin™ and flexi-wrap. When they do suffer a soft-tissue injury,...
Avoid CBAN Pain with Frog-Skin
Rest, ice, compression, elevation (R.I.C.E.) is the long-accepted treatment for soft-tissue trauma and overuse injury. CBAN progression is one of the major drawbacks of cold (ice) therapy. CBAN describes the four sensory stages of typical cold therapy: Cold Burning Aching Numbness In an article written for FootNotes, nationally certified sports message therapist Laurel J. Freeman describes CBAN progression: Four Stages in Ice Therapy There are four official stages to ice. The first stage is cold, the second is burning/pricking, the third stage is, aching, which can sometimes hurt worse than the pain. The fourth and most important stage is numbness....