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Can icing your knee make it more painful cause of the weight of the ice bag? i was doing it for 3 yrs and noticed when i dont it starts to heal, why?

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Ice hurts: Cold therapy is often uncomfortable at first. Make sure towel between ice and skin and no more than twenty minutes per episode. Treatments like this are mainly for symptoms so if it doesn't help then stop.

Dr Willson and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 3/21/2015

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