RICE: The Myth that Won't Die

Stop slowing the healing process

Anyone who has had an injury in the last 50 years has probably heard the expression RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. Well, it’s wrong. Erase it from your mind.

The term was coined back in the 1970s by Dr. Gabe Mirkin, a former sports medicine specialist (the field no longer exists). Since then it has been the mainstay of “conservative” therapy fo…