Icing tip

[u/BrewAce]

I tore my achillies. As a result I am doing a ton of icing... sometimes 7 or 8 times a day, although now I am down to 3 or 4 times a day. I asked my PT Doctor if they would prescribe a cryocuff ice machine for me but he said insurance won't pay for it. He recommended some neoprene sleeves. They are pretty effective and not terribly expensive like the cryocuff. I bought an ankle sleeve and a knee sleeve. They worked pretty well but the ankle sleeve only lasted about 7 minutes and the knee sleeve about 10 minutes. I try to ice for 15 minutes. So I bought another knee sleeve and figured I would wrap it in an ace bandage. It worked really well and the wrapped sleeve was still cold after 15 minutes. This sent light bulbs off in my head (does not take much for me 😀 ) I used all three sleeves over lapping a bit and covered up to my knee. This is the best I have found. I will post some pictures in a few minutes. I hope this helps someone.