Hey friends can someone tell me what is heat and cold therapy. My father is suffering from a severe back pain and is really very depressed due to that. Someone told me to give him the heat and cold therapy which will help him in getting recovered soon from this problem of back pain. I really don’t know what is it and how does it work so please give me your suggestions on it.

The heat and cold therapy is used in the cases of back pain problem. I came across this therapy last year when my uncle was recommended for it. We gathered a lot of details from a website for Back pain treatment where we found the complete and detailed information about heat and cold therapy. I will suggest you to go through this link and I am sure you will get all the desired answers for your questions.

I liked the website that alexis referred to. I liked a lot of what I saw there. Unfortunately, I didn't see a whole lot about "Heat & Cold".

Essentially, Heat and Cold refer to applying ice to the affected area for 20 minutes, followed by MOIST heat, also for 20 minutes. 6 times a day is usually recommended.

When I say "moist" heat, I mean a towel held under the hot water faucet. When it cools off, re-heat it under the faucet. (Don't microwave it)
I do not recommend a heating pad. It's dry heat. Moist heat penetrates better. I certainly want you to have nothing to do with any heating ointments or creams. These products are called "counter irritants". They irritate the skin in such a way that the brain is fooled into thinking, "Hummm, it's hot there, I'd better send some more blood that way to carry some of that heat off". The brain dilates the blood vessels, and, according to the theory, the blood promotes healing. Nice idea, but we aren't healing the skin, but rather the muscles UNDER that skin. Again, nice try, but no cigar.

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Heat therapy:Increased blood flow occurs in heated parts of the body because heat tends to relax the walls of blood vessels. That's one reason why sports doctors recommend that you steer clear of the practice of heating up already inflamed joints.

Cold Therapy:cold therapy can also reduce muscle spasms, and cold is noted for killing pain, reducing swelling, and lowering metabolic activity. Cold' s pain-killing effect is caused by its 'deadening' of nerve-cell activity; hospital studies show that patients who use cold therapy on injuries tend to require much less pain medication.

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Hello friends
here are many variations in the types of cryotherapy and thermotherapy that can be used in hot/cold therapy. Possible combinations include:

• Ice pack/hydrocollator
• Cold whirlpool/warm whirlpool
• Ice immersion/warm bath
• Frozen peas/microwave heat pack
• Ice pack/jacuzzi

Care must be taken not to use temperatures that exceed 100 degrees for the heat portion of the treatments. The thermo therapy does not have to be too hot to be effective when used in combination with a cold therapy.
Hot/cold therapy can be performed once or twice a day beginning on the third day post-injury or when the swelling has stabilized. This therapy can be continued as long as necessary until the swelling is gone.

Hot and cold therapy is a regimen to where hot relaxes the muscles around the joint or area of the body and then cold tightens this area.
What this is thought to do, is to first promote blood supply and healing, then causes a structural toning of that part, as lower temperatures align.

This treatment is usually for extremities, only.
For lower back, I would consult a licensed physical therapist and an orthopedist?


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Heat or cold therapy works by stimulating your body's own healing force. For instance, heat dilates the blood vessels, stimulates blood circulation, and reduces muscle spasms. In addition, heat alters the sensation of pain. You can use either dry heat -- such as heating pads or heat lamps -- or moist heat -- such as warm baths or heated wash cloths.
Conversely, cold compresses reduce swelling by constricting blood vessels. While cold packs may be uncomfortable at first, they can numb deep pain.


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Hello Friends......

Heat or cold therapy works by stimulating your body's own healing force. For instance, heat dilates the blood vessels, stimulates blood circulation, and reduces muscle spasms. In addition, heat alters the sensation of pain. You can use either dry heat -- such as heating pads or heat lamps -- or moist heat -- such as warm baths or heated wash cloths.

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