Special pants for icing

[ScubaDuck]

Unfortunately I can't give credit where credit is due on this.  Sometime in June someone posted about a company that makes special garments for athletes.  These garments are made to provide compression and pockets for ice. 

I bought a pair of juggler's pants.  Yesterday, 48 hours after my left hip surgery, I put them on for the first time.  It was a struggle to get them over my left leg because of the swelling.  But once they were on there was relief with the compression.  Then when I inserted the special ice sheets in the pockets the value became immediately apparent.

First I could get the ice exactly where I needed it.  And second the stretchy pockets held the ice in place even as I moved around.

Although these are designed for athlete's and are a bit expensive for just hip surgery, they are unbelievably useful.

You can check them out at 110playharder.com.

Dan

[Tin Soldier]

My PT would love these, he's always talking about compression.  Although he recommends compression a little farther down the recovery road.  Sort of reminds of the ice-pack vests I've seen for working in severe heat.  I certainly like the idea of keeping the ice on one spot.  I had a hard time with that.  Used towels and small pillows to support floppy bags of ice.