cold spray

Instant numbing mist

Cold spray is a therapeutic aerosol that rapidly cools skin on contact, used to numb minor injuries, ease muscle pain, or prepare skin for injections.

Athletes use it for immediate relief during competition: The trainer hit his ankle with cold spray and he went back in.

In manufacturing, cold spray is a coating process that deposits metal particles at high velocity without melting them.

Related

ice pack · cool down · deicing · coolant · nozzle · pressurized · canister · refrigerant · numbing · frost · therapeutic · pain relief · muscle · muscle cramps · injury · athlete · compressed · compressed air

Categories
Opposites
temperature application

cold sprayheat rub

Warming topical pain reliever

deep heat · hot pack · heat pad · warming gel · hot compress

therapeutic approach to acute injury

cold sprayheat therapy

Treatment using warmth

thermotherapy · heat treatment · moxibustion · hot stone therapy

temperature of application

cold sprayheat rub

Warming topical pain reliever

hot pack · heating pad · warm compress · heat therapy · thermotherapy

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G