You have heard people say RICE after an injury. What does this mean?
After an injury, for example spraining your ankle, the body begins to respond to help the healing process. The response includes pain, inflammation and swelling. The body always overdoes its response to injury and these things can get out of control. Too much inflammation and swelling can hinder healing and cause pain. The RICE principle helps control the body’s response to an injury and helps to decrease the inflammation and swelling. So what is the RICE principle? Continue reading