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How to treat an oblique strain heat or ice?
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For muscle strains: I would recommend doing which ever feels better to you. The research has not proven one benefitting more than the other for muscle strains, and this has been extensively researched. Although they both should help, each person is different and some people respond better to heat, some ice.
Answered 3/15/2015
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