Heat therapy or ice?!

Question: My friend has ruptured discs in her back. Should she use ice or heat? She has used ice for the last four hours but back feels about the same. Heat now? Or more ice?

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Answers: My friend has ruptured discs in her back. Should she use ice or heat? She has used ice for the last four hours but back feels about the same. Heat now? Or more ice?

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The heat will relax the muscles. The ice will help with inflammation. Here are a couple of links that will help her.

http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/default.h...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic...
http://www.painclinic.org/

I have a spine injury and use these links all the time. They will provide you with good, free information from medical professionals

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Depends if she has had the problem for a while or if she has just done it. If she's just done it, ice for 20 min every 2 hours to reduce swelling and inflammation. If its long term pain use heat.

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