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In place of icing, and in place of anti-infammatory, my approach to reducing swelling is to increase blood flow with massaging an area before and/or after the i
by nashashmi 4y ago
In place of icing, and in place of anti-infammatory, my approach to reducing swelling is to increase blood flow with massaging an area before and/or after the injured tissue at the time of swelling. But do not massage the area that is swelling.
- nashashmi 4y agoA little info on (my) theory of swelling: When a part of the body is injured, stressed, or just requiring extra nutrition, it swells up. Swelling is a cure. But swelling is also painful and can lead to other problems. The most important thing to do is to make sure the area that is swelling is also getting good circulation. So a simple "pumping" approach of the muscles surrounding the swelled area should cause good flow. And swelling will be reduced. For example: You walk a long distance with inappropriate footwear. I am talking about 20,000 steps. And this is not something you are used to. So When resting, the body floods the foot with a whole lot of nutrients. But the blood just stays there, because it will slowly and eventually flow out with movement. But the body is not moving, so it swells. Massage pumping the calves will pump the blood out and new blood will flow in. This will reduce the swelling.