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Hindi Research Article, J Athl Enhancement Vol: 1 Issue: 2
Traditional Cryotherapy Treatments are More Effective than Game Ready� on Medium Setting at Decreasing Sinus Tarsi Tissue Temperatures in Uninjured Subjects
| Jeremy Hawkins1*, Joseph Shurtz2 and Chad Spears3 |
| 1Illinois State University, USA |
| 2Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA |
| 3George Washington University, USA |
| Corresponding author : Jeremy Hawkins, Ph.D ATC, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5120, Normal, IL 61761, USA Tel: 309-438-2605; Fax: 309-438-5559 E-mail: jhawkin@ilstu.edu |
| Received: September 04, 2012 Accepted: September 20, 2012 Published: September 22, 2012 |
| Citation: Hawkins J, Shurtz J, Spears C (2012) Traditional Cryotherapy Treatments are More Effective than Game Ready® on Medium Setting at Decreasing Sinus Tarsi Tissue Temperatures in Uninjured Subjects. J Athl Enhancement 1:2. doi:10.4172/2324-9080.1000101 |
Abstract
Traditional Cryotherapy Treatments are More Effective than Game Ready® on Medium Setting at Decreasing Sinus Tarsi Tissue Temperatures in Uninjured Subjects
The daily application of cryotherapy for orthopedic injury pain management is a common practice in clinical settings. McCaffery reported in 1979 that cryotherapy was the most effective, yet underutilized modality for pain [1]. This underutilization of cryotherapy for pain management may be in part due to unclear relationship between cryotherapy application and orthopedic injury pain. Our purpose was to compare the cooling potential of Game Ready® with ice with compression and a slush bucket, at comparable pressures. We believed that ice with compression would cool the tissue the most, followed by the slush bucket, and Game Ready®.
