The Washington Post July 01, 2026 • 12:02

Column | There’s a new way to treat sprains and strains. Hint: Ice is out. - The Washington Post

By Gretchen Reynolds

Column | There’s a new way to treat sprains and strains. Hint: Ice is out. - The Washington Post

If you think you need rest, ice and ibuprofen, think again.

A few years back, spectators at an intramural indoor soccer game at the University of California at Davis might have seen Keith Baar, a professor of physiology and membrane biology at the university,… [+52 chars]

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