Therapies... - Hydrotherapy - Ice Pack |
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Ice Pack Description Local application of ice over a protected area.
Treatment Session/Duration Place ice pack in indicated area 15 to 30 minutes, repeat ice pack every 1 to 3 hours, where necessary.
Effects on the Body - This is a long cold application so the first physiological response from the body is vasoconstriction, followed quickly by vasodilation, then eventual vasoconstriction results.
- The overall effect is decreased circulation and decreased local congestion if there is local swelling.
- When ice melts it can absorb eighty times the heat water can. The melting of ice can decongest an area by absorbing the heat given off by inflamed and swollen tissues.
Beneficial For: - Acute appendicitis
- Acute bursitis
- Acute joint inflammation (except if aggravated by cold)
- After dental surgery
- Anorexia (placed over stomach before meals)
- Cerebral congestion
- Contusions
- Fever
- Goiter
- Headache (can use ice collar to relieve migraines)
- Hemorrhage (by using reflex areas)
- Inflamed hemorrhoids
- Insect bites, spider bites, centipede bites
- Sprains
- Tennis elbow
- Toothache
Contraindications - Acute asthma over lungs
- Acute cystitis over bladder
- Patients who are aggravated by cold
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