Patent ID: 7112178

Claim:
A method for treating pain and swelling in an injured area of a foot, said method being performed using a device comprising in combination two rollers and a body, said rollers being cylindrical in nature attached perpendicularly to each end of said body, said body, being cylindrical in shape is smaller in diameter than said rollers, said body defining a cavity therein, said cavity containing a gel material, further comprising a cold compress, said cold compress having a soft, flexible surface and a plurality of sections, said sections including two upper sections and two lower sections, said two upper sections being smaller than said two lower sections, said cold compress being divided into said sections to prevent a gel material contained in each section from sliding from one end to the other end of said cold compress, said cold compress is wrapped around the body twice, with the two upper smaller sections being wrapped around the body first and the two larger sections being wrapped around the body afterwards, the method comprising the steps of: a. storing the device in a freezer in order to reduce the gel material contained in the body cavity and cold compress sections to a temperature at or below freezing; b. removing the device from the freezer; c. placing the device on a flat surface and positioning the injured area of the foot on said soft, flexible surface and said upper and lower sections of said cold compress, said soft, flexible surface of said cold compress allowing it to conform to the surface of the injured area of the foot, slowly rolling the device back and forth over the injured area to provide an active therapy to reduce pain and swelling of the injured area through cold therapy while simultaneously providing a gentle massage to the injured area.