RT Book, Section A1 Fruth, Stacie J. A1 Weir, Rodney A2 Bellew, James W. A2 Nolan, Thomas P. SR Print(0) ID 1187660554 T1 Cold Therapy Modalities T2 Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e YR 2022 FD 2022 PB F. A. Davis Company PP New York, NY SN 9781719641999 LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187660554 RD 2024/03/28 AB The use of cold as a therapeutic agent has a long history, beginning in Egypt around 2500 bc.1 Cold has had many different uses since that time with application for injury management and rehabilitation becoming prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s.2-4 Although many technological advances have been made in the realm of therapeutic modalities in the past century, the use of cold (water, ice, or gel) remains one of the most effective and least expensive treatment choices for acute injury and pain management.