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Originally Posted by
PressesPeople
Domjo, did you watch the whole video? The video explains in MUCH more depth why they're saying this.
Fancy things like macrophages and IGF-1.
In most simple terms Rip, the guy that Kelly is interviewing in the video is implying that ice is harmful to the healing process not only because it's decreasing circulation to the injured site, but mainly because it is numbing the connection between the nerves and muscles, which is counterproductive since the only way to flush out waste and bring in the helpful shit, like macrophages and insulin like growth factor (which is attached to the back of the macrophages) is through the process of muscle contraction.
Instead of ice, he promotes muscle contraction and compression as the means to heal a site.
He's also implying that NSAIDs are harmful for many of the same reasons ice is.