Sayantan Majumder

One of the most popular acronyms to remember if you get a sports injury such as a sprain, strain, muscle pull, tear or any other form of soft tissue injury, is R.I.C.E, which stands for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. Using these immediate first aid measures is believed to relieve pain, limit swelling, protect the injured soft tissue, prevent complications and help you heal faster. R.I.C.E protocol  Rest Rest is a key component of repairing the body. Without rest, continual strain is placed on the affected area, leading to increased inflammation, pain, and possible further injury so Activity should be reduced. Additionally, some soft tissue injuries will take longer to heal without rest. There is also a risk of abnormal repair or chronic inflammation resulting from a failure to rest. Ice Ice provides short-term pain relief, reduces the inflammatory response and limits swelling by reducing blood flow to the injured ar...

Non-traumatic elbow pain can be of various causes. Although tennis elbow is the commonest but other problems like golfer's elbow, student's elbow ( olecranon bursitis ), j avelin throwers elbow ( sprain injury of the ulnar collateral ligament of the medial elbow )   and writer's elbow ( ulnar nerve entrapment ) are the other leading causes apart from Rheumatoid arthritis and  referred pain. Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. He lost his lower limb during the war and started playing lawn several outdoor games in a wheelchair, lately became a famous golf player. Famous author Mr A A Gill mentioned in his writing that he is suffering from golfrr's elbow which he found similar with Douglas Bader. Same like tennis elbow, it not only occurs to golf players but can also seen in bowling players, rock climbers (Climber's Elbow) and baseball players (Pitcher's Elbow) or any other game which is very gr...