> I'm a person [not a robot]!
> optimuspaul
So really this is preaching anti-education. Do not seek out information about your injury.
From the paper:
> E for educate
> Therapists should educate patients on the benefits of an active approach to recovery. Passive modalities, such as electrotherapy, manual therapy or acupuncture, early after injury have insignificant effects on pain and function compared with an active approach, and may even be counterproductive in the long term. Indeed, nurturing an external locus of control or the ‘need to be fixed’ can lead to therapy- dependent behaviour. Better education on the condition and load management will help avoid overtreatment. This in turn reduces the likelihood of unnecessary injections or surgery, and supports a reduction in the cost of healthcare (eg, due to disability compensation associated with low back pain). In an era of hi- tech therapeutic options, we strongly advocate for setting realistic expectations with patients about recovery times instead of chasing the ‘magic cure’ approach.
https://progressiveptandrehab.com/rice-and-meat-physical-the...
TLDR; IRRC: Don't take anti-inflammatory, don't keep it stationary, don't fight swelling at all, but do keep it moving and teach your body to avoid the motion that caused the injury.
So easy to remember, since, you know, we damaged our meat in these types of injury.
In the short term it may be beneficial to avoid a certain muscle or area, but eventually you have to get it turned back on too.
Boy, really? I was interested until stumbling on those bits. We've certainly reached peak-acronym.
[edit] And now I see it's an old story.
> An Ontario man suffering from an incurable neurological disease has provided CTV News with audio recordings that he says are proof that hospital staff offered him medically assisted death, despite his repeated requests to live at home.
> Roger Foley, 42, who earlier this year launched a landmark lawsuit against a London hospital, several health agencies, the Ontario government and the federal government, alleges that health officials will not provide him with an assisted home care team of his choosing, instead offering, among other things, medically assisted death.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252991/canadian-vete...
> In 2021, there were 10,064 MAID provisions reported in Canada, accounting for 3.3% of all deaths in Canada.
From an official government report: https://archive.ph/xD0wD#selection-3057.0-3057.107
Numbers aren't out yet for 2022, and in 2023 it opens up to mental illness as well.
"Couldn't they have come up with something simpler, since the healing of soft-tissue injuries is so simple?"
Basically the opposite of RICE, all 4 were focused on maximizing blood flow to the soft tissue injury. And anecdotally, I can confirm it works way better than RICE or the alternatives. I used to be out for 2-3 weeks after running issues when I used RICE, etc. After I switched to HELM I was back on the pavement the next morning.
The issue with HELM is that it can be significantly more painful than RICE, etc., as you must avoid using anti-inflammatories and painkillers.
Hippies will hate it, though.
Rest Ice Compression Elevation may be wrong, but it is at least easy to understand, memorize, and explain. When my friend hurts their ankle, I want to pass on the latest, vetted wisdom. I don’t want to sound like a jackass saying, “O is for optimism. But we are not done yet. V is for vascularization. You don’t have much control over it, but we need to the round out the word LOVE. The third E is for …”