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rest, I, ice, C, compression, and E, elevation.
The idea is that you want to let your body recover while minimizing inflammation.
Turns out pain doctors have a new acronym now, featuring very different advice.
They would say MEAT.
That's M, movement, E, exercise, A, analgesia, and T, treatment, like physical therapy and massage.
That, by the way, was Dr.
Sanjay Gupta.
Maybe you've heard of him?
He's a neurosurgeon and a medical reporter for CNN.
He says the thinking has changed on this
because we learned that actually inflammation after an injury can be a good thing.
It's really interesting, you know,
to tell people who are injured to get up and walk on it or do whatever
because that's not what they're used to hearing.
But it's almost like if you allow the body to do its job.
If you allow those inflammatory molecules to rush to the scene and do their job,
they do a pretty good job.