Another article showing the detrimental effects of ice--

by S.F. Nadler et.el. who is the Director of Sports Medicine at New Jersey Medical School.--


The physiologic basis and clinical applications of cryotherapy
Nadler SF, Weingand K, Kruse RJ. Director of Sports Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, 90 Bergen Street, Suite 3100, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

Clinicians treating these conditions should be aware of current research findings regarding these modalities, because their choice of modality may affect the ultimate outcome of the patient being treated. Although cold and hot treatment modalities both decrease pain and muscle spasm, they have opposite effects on tissue metabolism, blood flow, inflammation, edema, and connective tissue extensibility. Cryotherapy decreases these effects while thermotherapy increases them. Complications of cryotherapy include nerve damage, frostbite, Raynaud's phenomenon, cold-induced urticaria, and slowed wound healing.

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