Icing is a "Miracle Worker" for Knee Pain

I read an article recently by Adam Friedman, CSCS, CN, CMT who is a kinesiologist, certified strength & conditioning specialist, certified nutritionist, and certified massage technician. In the article he laid out a four step process to treat the symptoms and cause of knee pain. One of the four steps he discussed was icing. He called icing a "miracle worker" when done religiously. About the only to ice religiously is with a knee ice wrap. not only are they way more convenient than a bag of ice cubes but they are more effective too.

Below is the excerpt about icing from Adam's article.

Ice: Do this as soon as possible after activity for 15-20 minutes daily to reduce the pain and inflammation. An inflamed knee may or may not be noticeable to the eye, but is most likely present if you’ve recently had knee pain. Otherwise the healing will be much slower. Icing promotes a healing environment, and is a “miracle worker” when used religiously for pain.

You can read the compete article at http://www.smmirror.com/?ajax#mode=single&view=31876