When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower Back Pain

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When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower
Back Pain?
Temperature therapy is an inexpensive and
easy-to-use treatment that can be used to treat
aches and pains. Working as an alternative,
temperature therapy is commonly performed for
general injuries that accompany inflammation and
swelling, before one can reach the
physician. Usage of heat and ice in temperature
therapy can also effectively relieve common lower
back pain and aches in a few cases. While
consulting an orthopaedic or spine specialist in
the UK is always the best option, if you are
looking for immediate relief from lower back pain
you can use heat or ice based on your specific
situation.
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When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower
Back Pain?
But heat and ice have their specific purposes and
roles to play in managing this pain. Since the
type of pain can vary it helps to know ways to
effectively manage the pain using heat and cold
therapy. The first step in this process is to
know how to use heat or ice for a specific
situation. Let us start with general information
on heat and cold therapy and then we give you
specific guidelines to effectively incorporate
heat and cold therapy to treat lower back pain. 
So read on
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When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower
Back Pain?
When to use ice for treating pain Ice is the
most common form of temperature therapy that is
commonly employed to treat pain, inflammation.
Ice when in contact with the pain regions around
tendons and joints, reduces the blood flow thus
minimizing the swelling, inflammation and pain
for the short term. Cold therapy is not
recommended in case of stiff joints and
circulation problems.
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When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower
Back Pain?
When to use heat for treating pain Heat
naturally has the opposite effect to that of
ice.  When applied to the pain region, heat opens
up the blood vessels and stimulates the blood
flow and hence it can be used to relieve pain in
chronic conditions by relaxing and loosening the
tissues. And hence, heat can be used to treat
past injuries and even chronic conditions like
arthritis. However, heat therapy doesnt help in
treating pain and swelling caused by acute
injuries and sometimes may even worsen the
symptoms.
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When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower
Back Pain?

• How to use heat and cold therapy for lower back
  pain
• You can use both heat and cold therapy to treat
  lower back pain and here are a few tips that can
  help you to relieve your back pain
• Employ cold therapy if the back pain is acute (lt3
  weeks) and is caused by the injury. The ice to
  the pain region causes the numbing effect by
  restricting the blood flow and reducing the
  swelling and inflammation.
• Give it a rest and as the inflammation and
  swelling are reduced, employ heat to the pain
  region. This stimulates the blood flow which
  brings the essential nutrients while relaxing the
  soft tissues to give you relief. This heat
  therapy can be used intermittently for a few
  hours a day to accelerate this healing process.

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When and How to Use Heat and Ice to Relieve Lower
Back Pain?
While cold and therapy used in the above order
bring relief to the back pain, they are a few
conditions which must not be treated using this
therapy. Back pain caused by open injuries,
multiple sclerosis, poor blood circulations,
rheumatoid arthritis, spinal cord injuries,
diabetes cannot be treated with heat and cold
therapy and require help from expert spine
specialist in the UK. If you are suffering from
back pain due to any of the above conditions, and
are looking for Spine Specialist in the UK, then
Children and Adult Spinal Surgeon Mr Jwalant S
Mehta can help you. You can contact him
here https//www.mehtaspine.co.uk/
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Contact us

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• BMI The Priory Hospital
• Spire Parkway Hospital
• Bromsgrove Private Clinic

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Contact and Connect

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• Medico-legal secretary Jan Clarke 44 121
  4508928
• Spire Parkway Hospital 0121 704 5500
• BMI NEC (National Enquiry Centre) 0808 101 0337
• BMI Priory 0121 446 1638
• Email info_at_mehtaspine.co.uk
• The appointments are booked through the clinic