Icing knees/joints after workouts?

[ejdge]

Someone at my gym ices each knee after a workout (generally 20 min at home). His workout includes boxing and running on concrete. Does this really work?

[Relentless]

take a cold bath, its better.

[skipdog]

Ya it works, I always have ice on me somewhere when I'm loungin. Mostly where my calf meets my shin bone on the inside. Shin splints? Or on my gimpy right shoulder. Helps a lot..

[chinachin_76]

Yeah it works but a cold bath is better as relentless said.

[Krippy]

How cold? Precise degree in Kelvin, please.

[haggler2167]

why not try the opposite to cold i hear jumping into steaming hot furnaces r good

[ejdge]

How long do you recommend taking cold baths for? Should I follow it up with a warm/hot/cold shower afterwards? Thanks.

[ejdge]

bump

[younghypnotiq]

what i do for my muscles is i take a cold shower than hot then cold. it works well for my joints to