first, heat second, then start to exercise and stretch the area. you know what we had once, stubbed a toe really bad? they said take advil and a glass of red wine. it worked. the first thing you want to do is, before you start hitting the alcohol which we ll talk about, is do a good history and physical and find out exactly the root of the pain. the medicine of knee jerk reaction of writing a prescription of advil or some medication has to stop. first you want to examine the patient, get maybe an x-ray, find out if there s a fracture or not before you start your treatment. that s number one. number two is, this is a battle between the modern medicine of prescription versus the eastern medicine. in this particular case, things such as low-impact exercise, swimming, yoga, acupuncture, a good physical therapist or chiropractor, look for a good one who can save you is extremely important. acutely you want to do the cold and warm compression, but also there are a lot of herbs you can
reduce the inflammation. that brings a lot of oxygen to the area. ice first, heat second. you have clinics popping up so if you can t get to the doctor good point. zai away from the hospitals because coming to the e.r. for those simple pains will increase the chance of getting super bugs. then they overtreat you, get an unnecessary x-ray. then you can have your alcohol. we ll talk about that later. speaking of alcohol, very good, a stunning report about alcohol consumption in this country, tand s not only affecting our health but our wallets as well. that s up next.