Ditch the Ice | Why Active Recovery is Recommended Instead

If you’re a baseball player who grabs the ice post-practice or game, it’s time to rethink your strategies. Throwing on a pack of ice has lost its popularity. Research shows that icing is not what it was once thought to be in sports medicine.
For years, the go-to treatment method for most ailments was ice. If someone rolled their ankle, ice was the answer. If an athlete threw 100 pitches in a game, their shoulder and elbow would be met with a bag of ice. The problem with these situations is that the goal was to proactively address recovery, yet by using ice they slowed down their recovery. The reality is that this situation is not happening nearly as much as it used to. In fact, you’re in the extreme minority nowadays in professional baseball if you’re still icing. Way more athletes are ditching the ice and taking a more effective approach to recovery.