Messages like this strongly conflict with what we emphasize here at Performance Pilates & Rehab. We believe in empowering you to do theactivities you love. Plus, we understand that if we want to see injury rates go down in dancers we need to give them MORE support, not LESS!

Ice has long been used by dancers and athletes to recover after any performance related pain. However, ice research hit a new climax in 2014 putting the traditional RICE protocol on trial. It was found that traditional icing is in fact harming rather than helping our healing. Here are some facts about ice that might be surprising.