Came home from a good workout couple nights ago.
Triceps were pumped & worked hard that day.
So I took my cold shower, ate and layed on the floor with a package of frozen chicken breasts under each tricep. Only kept the ice on the arm for about 2-30 mins. Took off the packages and found the skin as hard as a rock! Literally! Was a little uneasy and nervous. But within about 15 mins. it warmed up and the throbbing began. Was concerned I had frostbite. But the next day it was just read, and 3 days latter almost completely gone.
Guess I shoulda put a barrier between the skin and chicken.
[quote]MNguns wrote:
Came home from a good workout couple nights ago.
Triceps were pumped & worked hard that day.
So I took my cold shower, ate and layed on the floor with a package of frozen chicken breasts under each tricep. Only kept the ice on the arm for about 2-30 mins. Took off the packages and found the skin as hard as a rock! Literally! Was a little uneasy and nervous. But within about 15 mins. it warmed up and the throbbing began. Was concerned I had frostbite. But the next day it was just read, and 3 days latter almost completely gone.
Guess I shoulda put a barrier between the skin and chicken.[/quote]
I’ll do you one better.
A little more than a year ago I injured my face, iced it way too long, burned OFF the skin and made a thread about it :
Now, a year later, I have a permanent wound on my face next to and above my left eye. The one above my eye is not as clearly visible, the other ones are.
At first this made a huge dent in my self-confidence, but eventually I learned to love my face again, and now I even like the character it gives me.
[quote]ElbowStrike wrote:
Mr ian wrote:
2-30 min? Thats a pretty big range of time. Easy does it killer
Agreed. When icing, you should go through the stages of: cold > burning > tingling > numb.
As soon as your skin goes numb, you stop icing immediately.
– ElbowStrike.[/quote]
I think it’s cold > burning > aching > numbness. I’m not sure that most people could differentiate between burning and tingling.
As for the ice treatment, you should probably go with a wet washcloth as a barrier, and 10-15 minutes should suffice.
I’ve heard of people getting frostbite from chemical packs (which get much colder than ice), but not from ice/frozen chicken/frozen peas, etc. Usually the body responds by rushing blood into the area (Hunting’s Response) to prevent the frostbite, thereby negating the benefits of icing.
