You can have back pain from poor posture, pulled muscles or injury, arthritis, and more. Depending on your back pain's cause, ice and heat therapy can be helpful treatments. Knowing when to use ice or ...

Ice helps reduce swelling and pain by narrowing blood vessels and limiting blood flow. You can use heat to relax tight muscles and improve blood flow after 48-72 hours of injury. Applying ice for ...

Ice therapy involves cooling the painful area of your back. It's helpful for acute (new or temporary) back pain. While it's helpful in the short term, long-term use of ice therapy may delay healing ...