Has anyone tried these? They were being talked about last night at my tennis club. Sound quite good, but may be just overhyped crap.
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Migsy - white
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It would seem that they are like a gel bandage. Apparently you refrigerate the gel, apply it as a bandage and you get both compression and cooling. Tennis coaches are using them for sprained ankles and sore wrist / elbows etc. I said to my club I'd see if I could find anyone with first hand experience of them, but seems they haven't permeated the O / running culture (yet?), so can't report back. Ta anyway.
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I have tried them for first aid - a plastic bag full of crushed ice (or the proverbial unopened bag of peas straight from the freezer) is still MUCH better - they do not get or stay cold enough to do the business. The aim of icing is to create vasoconstriction immediately following an injury to prevent too much swelling - to do that the colder the better (short of frost-bite) and these things warm up too quickly.
On the other hand, they do feel a little less uncomfortable - but that is because I do not think they are working so well.
On the other hand, they do feel a little less uncomfortable - but that is because I do not think they are working so well.
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I have tried similar products on sprained ankles and they work for a short time. use a sock and a bit of string to hold in place. I agree though that frozen peas are just as good.
After an ACL replacement a couple of years ago I used the same bag of peas (could call them mushy peas!!) for a couple of weeks until the wife made me buy a new one.
After an ACL replacement a couple of years ago I used the same bag of peas (could call them mushy peas!!) for a couple of weeks until the wife made me buy a new one.
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bags of peas/mixed veg are the way to go, we inherited some in our flat from pete tryner/fish/lil godders and others, we had them for 3 years, but then one day, a certain Mr S. Shaw came round and was hungry, and he decided to eat them,
not sure how they tasted, but they had been used for about 4+ years on all sorts of body parts.
can't have been good
not sure how they tasted, but they had been used for about 4+ years on all sorts of body parts.
can't have been good
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