Everyone knows that it helps to put ice on a painful bruise, strain or sprain. But why, and how does it work?
Cooling an injury (cryotherapy) lowers the temperature of the skin and underlying tissue. This cooling effect numbs the nerve endings to produce an anaesthetic effect as well as reducing swelling and inflammation (heat and redness). This reduction in pain, swelling, heat and redness effectively aids recovery.1-3
The goal of cryotherapy is to reduce tissue temperature without damaging cells.1 Unlike ice, Deep Freeze Cold Therapy can help avoid complications such as frostbite and nerve damage and in laboratory studies was found to be the coldest cooling spray when compared with other leading cooling sprays.4-5
The Deep Freeze Cold Therapy range is essential kit bag kit for sports where bumps and strains are a common occurrence. Designed to rapidly cool an injured area, Deep Freeze helps numb pain and relieve muscle aches and strains. Deep Freeze is suitable for the relief of pain in:
- Minor sports injuries
- Muscles, tendons and joints
- Strains, sprains and knocks
Get some in your kit bag and get back in the game.
References:
- Knight K, Brucker JB, Stoneman PD, Rubley MD. Muscle injury management with cryotherapy. Athletic Therapy Today 2000; 5(4): 26-30.
- Curl WW, Smith BP, Marr A, Rosencrance E, Holden M, Smith TL. The effect of contusion and cryotherapy on skeletal muscle microcirculation. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 1997; 37(4): 279-86.
- Bleakley C, McDonough S, MacAuley D. The use of ice on the treatment of acute soft-tissue injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Am J Sports Med 2004;32(1): 251-161.
- Swenson C, Sward L, Karlsson J. Cryotherapy in sports medicine. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 1996; 6: 193-200.
- Ring EFJ. An Objective Measure of the Comparative Cooling Effect of Deep Freeze Cold Spray, PR Freeze Spray and Ralgex Freeze Spray on Metal. Report from Medical Imaging Research Unit, University of Glamorgan.
