The RICE Therapy Protocol (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate) has been being prescribed for over 50 years now. It’s the bread and butter of physical therapy clinics around the world. There are 6,600 global monthly searches for it on Google. People use one ore more components of it everyday. And there are some that swear by it’s seemingly magical healing powers to this day. But does it actually work?
In my experience, no. At least not the rest or ice parts. Actually I’ve found these to be more harmful than helpful. This is mainly due to them interfering with the natural inflammatory response and minimizing/restricting movement, both of which are needed for the body to properly heal. So watch the video above and let know what you think about my modified therapy protocol: ACE (active rest, compression, elevate).
And don’t forget to check out the exciting links below for some cool recovery tools.
Awesome ACE Recovery Tools
Multi-Positioning Tower — Great for active rest and elevation while passively taking your hip from flexion into extension with your ankle/foot in a neutral (dorsiflexed) position while also promoting extension throughout your spine.
VooDoo Floss Bands — The Voodoo Floss Band is an essential performance tool and should be a staple in the gym bag of every athlete looking to improve range, restore joint mechanics, or unglue matted down or previously injured tissue. Compression tack and flossing (Voodoo Flossing) works on many levels; including re-perfusing tissues that have become stiff or gone cold after injury, and by compressing swelling out of tissues and joints.
Marc Pro — The Marc Pro is intended for muscle conditioning by stimulating muscle in order to improve or facilitate muscle performance. The basis for post exercise recovery is the normalization of tissue through the movement of nourishment and waste. Marc Pro is specifically designed and excels at this particular task.
Take care and be a good human,
Justin Archer formerly known as “The Posture Guy”, now co-host of
The Optimized Self Dojo: Where people go to practice Mixed Mental Arts and Lifestyle Design Strategy to elevate their physical, mental and emotional well-being so they can see, be, do, have and give better.
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P.S. If you enjoy and have learned a lot from this content, but still feel you need more of a customized approach to help with your particular pain, posture, and/or performance issues that you’re currently struggling with then make sure to check out both the 1-On-1 Individual Sessions and Mentoring Programs that I offer. This way we can work together to reach your goals as effectively and efficiently as possible.
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