Neck Pain and Ice WisdomCard™

  1. UpToDate: Neck Pain Treatments: Ice uptodate.com - Neck Pain Treatments: Ice
  2. Healthwise (via Yahoo Health): Neck Pain - Treatment Overview health.yahoo.com - Neck Pain - Treatment Overview
  3. eHow: How to Help Ease Neck Pain: Ice ehow.com - How to Help Ease Neck Pain: Ice
  4. A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Neck Pain: Home Care nlm.nih.gov - Neck Pain: Home Care
  5. Brigham and Women's Hospital: Neck Pain: Self-Care Steps for Neck Pain brighamandwomens.staywellsolutionsonline.com - Neck Pain: Self-Care Steps for Neck Pain
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Research Notes on Neck Pain and Ice


Ice is sometimes recommended in the treatment of neck pain. In order to control the onset of sudden muscle tightness, ice can be applied for 15 to 20 minutes on the neck. For severe pain, ice should be moved along the neck area in a stroking fashion for five to seven minutes. Ice should be used with caution, though, as skin injury can occur.1

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  • Ice therapy can be used over painful muscles for the first 48 to 72 hours. After 72 hours, heat may be more effective.2
  • Patients can use ice frozen in a paper cup, or bags of frozen vegetables for an ice pack.2
  • It is important to remember to allow the skin to return to a normal temperature between icings and always check for skin damage or frostbite.2


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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ UpToDate: Neck Pain Treatments: Ice
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Healthwise (via Yahoo Health): Neck Pain - Treatment Overview

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