Is ice or heat better for shoulder impingement?
Shoulder impingement is essentially treated with anti-inflammatory medications with or without cortisone injection, with physical therapy. Ice and heat can be used for the pain of shoulder impingement. If the pain is of acute onset and severe, ice may be helpful but in the long run the heat may be also helpful in decreasing the pain. Occasionally an alternating therapy of ice and heat may be helpful in such patients.