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Anti-Inflammatories
Aug. 13th, 2009 03:42 pmToday I have shown Mom to my clever use of cold unopened soda cans.
So let’s say, to pick a purely random hypothetical example, that you have just CRUSHED YOUR MIDDLE FINGER when it got slammed between a door and the massive unwieldy book drop cart. The blunt trauma means your tissues will soon be swelling and the finger will become tender, and you figure cold compresses would work.
Me, I like to use refrigerated soda cans.
This has several advantages over ice—cold, but not enough for real ischemia, it’s nice and smooth, and it’s much less messy and wet and sticky than ice packs.
Plus, you can drink the soda afterward.
Not sure when I discovered this, but it’s worked nicely for me. This hypothetical soft tissue damage should clear up in no time.
So let’s say, to pick a purely random hypothetical example, that you have just CRUSHED YOUR MIDDLE FINGER when it got slammed between a door and the massive unwieldy book drop cart. The blunt trauma means your tissues will soon be swelling and the finger will become tender, and you figure cold compresses would work.
Me, I like to use refrigerated soda cans.
This has several advantages over ice—cold, but not enough for real ischemia, it’s nice and smooth, and it’s much less messy and wet and sticky than ice packs.
Plus, you can drink the soda afterward.
Not sure when I discovered this, but it’s worked nicely for me. This hypothetical soft tissue damage should clear up in no time.
