Does back pain need heat or cold?

Dr Sarah Jarvis, membre de l’Ordre de l’Empire britannique

Heat and ice have been used for many years to treat pain and to reduce swelling, and many people have found them effective. More recently, studies have been done to investigate whether heat and ice really make a difference to healing and the results have been inconclusive.

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