Swimming in cold water could be an alternative to strong painkillers, doctors believe.
A short, sharp plunge into the open sea cured a British man of the debilitating pain he had been suffering for two and a half months.
Experts at Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia have now called for research into cold-water therapy as a treatment for serious pain, in light of his case.
Doctors believe the shock of sudden immersion may have disrupted his nervous system, jolting him out of a cycle of pain.
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3 comments:
Physicians/Doctors "practice" in the medical field right? SO this report, Doctors "BELIEVE".....swimming in cold "could" relieve pain..."
So common sense doesn't come into play anymore?
C'mon man!
Will I feel better if I hug the cold shoulder my wife gives me on occasion?
Ice helps "calm" pain too.
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