:filling up a bucket with cold water from the bathtub:
hmmm, I need ice in here Oh! I should add epsom salt because it lowers the freezing point of water and will make my ice bucket colder Do you know what's cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!
hey ya, I'm icing my ankle and I'm miserable for the next 15 minutes :@
Every time I go out for a run these days for some reason I flash back to the first couple weeks of hell training for soccer. Where my calves would be SO sore and my dad would freeze water in dixie cups to make huge ice cubes and then rub them on my calves until I was screaming b/c it was SO COLD.
My doctor is pretty cautious about icing. He won't let me ever ice the back of my knee because of a nerve that runs through there. So if he tells me to stick my foot in a bucket of ice water, I trust him.
thanks you guys. It's been a sad, AW-ey kind of day. I appreciate the support.