# Heat or ice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820 "2015-06-06T22:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sean\_Paul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Sean\_Paul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Paul)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820/1 "2015-06-06T22:33:35Z")

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What works best after being kicked in the crotch?

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820/2 "2015-06-06T22:38:10Z")

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How bad? If you have a ruptured testicle, it’s an emergency room visit.

If it’s just ow, ow, ow, damn my eyes, that hurts… I’d use a cold compress. Ice wrapped in a towel or washcloth. NOT bare ice against skin, but a cold/wet cloth.

As time goes by, I’d probably alternate warm and cold. At some point, I’d like a nice soak in a bathtub. But cold to begin with.

Be damn sure you haven’t sustained real injury!

(And…IANAD, so don’t sue me.)

Meanwhile… Sympathy! OW!

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820/3 "2015-06-08T03:34:24Z")

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> [@Sean\_Paul](#):
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> What works best after being kicked in the crotch?

A rabbit punch is good. Oh…your crotch. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820/4 "2015-06-08T03:36:15Z")

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Ice for the first 24-48 hours to keep swelling down. Then heat to promote healing.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820/5 "2015-06-08T15:37:57Z")

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I usually just curl into a ball and cry until I pass out. So, no idea.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-or-ice/721820/6 "2015-06-08T19:58:49Z")

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> [@Sean\_Paul](#):
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> What works best after being kicked in the crotch?

In my case it seems to be the vocal cords. Everything else pretty much shuts down, but I can still scream like a girl.