Depending on what’s causing your back pain, ice and heat therapy can be helpful treatments. Ice helps reduce swelling, inflammation, and muscle spasms, while heat aids recovery by improving blood flow ...
Raynetta Samuels, PT, is a physical therapist specializing in women's health. Ice helps reduce swelling and pain by narrowing blood vessels and limiting blood flow. You can use heat to relax tight ...
Greg Hess deals with death day in, day out. Hess is the medical examiner for Pima County, Ariz., a region along the United States-Mexico border. His office handles some 3,000 deaths each year — quiet ...