Messi's ankle was swollen - a tough start for Argentina
Argentina's forward Lionel Messi causes a scare in Argentina during his team's opening round 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Although Lionel Messi trained normally with the rest of his teammates ahead of Argentina's opening game at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, images of his right ankle raised doubts about his condition.
As reported by Marca, the swelling on his ankle is said to be the result of a bandage with frozen gel, which is a combination of cold therapy and compression treatment to avoid the use of anti-inflammatory drugs.
Cold therapy helps reduce inflammation and swelling and aids in slowing the rate of reducing tissue damage around a joint or tendon. It can also numb sore muscle tissue, almost acting as an anesthetic. It has the ability to slow down the pain signals that are transmitted to the brain.
Compression help control the pain from overuse and stable sore muscle tissue. It has the ability to slow down the pain signals that are transmitted to the brain, which helps athletes perform more consistently. Compression will move excess fluids away from the site and stimulate the flow of fresh blood. When the blood is drawn away from the muscles, ligaments, and joints, it reduces inflammation around the injury.
Cryopush has launched an electric automatic combination of cold therapy and compression: Cold Compression Wrap Pro. It is designed to apply intermittent pressure compression and works like a massage on the joint to help with circulation. Along with cold therapy gel pads built in the wrap to feel refreshed after use.
?2 Air Hoses Connector: This device can connect 2 wraps at a time, which allows 2 body parts recovery treats or 2 people to recover separately.
?5 air pressure options: There are 5 air pressure options from 20mmHg to 100 mmHg, and users can change the intensity to his/her effective level.
?Effective: This device is not only normally used post-workout to help optimize recovery time but is also effective before the sports-related activity to lower the risk of recurrence of injury.
?Portable: This one-handed device is lightweight, compact, and rechargeable. It got an inbuilt battery (optional) which can be recharged to be used wherever users like.
?Optional Joint Wraps: 4 optional sizes for all wraps to work with this unit. They are all adjustable to fit your shoulder, elbow, knee, or ankle
We hope Messi will recover better for the World Cup.