Has anybody tried heat or hot/cold therapy for healing?
How exactly did that go and did that help?
Yes, I have. this year in fact, My knee and ankle has gone a few times each year and leads me to be off my feet for up to 8 weeks. so i use cold therapy and little heat.
Instructions.
get a couple of 2ltr (ish) plastic bottles fill with water and freeze (do this and put away for emergency)
When in pain, I get a bucket with cold water in and put in both pre frozen bottles. this cools the water down a lot. then plunge the whole affected area into it for 10 seconds or so and take out. I have a towel by side of bowl at the ready. do this as many times as you can during the day. this reduces the swelling (i dont need pain killers with this, before I was using like sweets). the purpose of this also is that your body, when damaged sends fluid to the affected area to protect it (swelling) this can also cause pain. the cold water makes the body flush the fluid away from the area., you can also use some warm water (after the cold) as this helps the body to fill the affected area with fresh clean blood to promote new healing.
Also, get some small paper cups. I get mine free from coffee shops (shots come in them) fill with water and freeze. I rip some of the paper to expose ice and rub directly onto the area of pain. the remaining paper stops the ice from slipping from fingers. this help with pain relief a lot.
Im not an expert, but this above has all helped me a lot
Good luck
