It is not only the world of dietetics that is being challenged with “less carbs, more proteins”. There has recently been a paradigm shift with the management of injuries.
The RICE principle has been known for years, guiding injury management. Rest, Ice, Compress and Elevate the injured area has been the primary principle that everybody followed. Later on, a ‘P’ for Protect was added to the acronym to form PRICE. These principles were widely used and perhaps abused? Currently the once-size-fits-all approach which seems to be followed with these two principles are being criticized. The management of a repairing tissue should rather be adapted from one scenario to another. There is now being suggested that we take the following into account before jumping to RICE or PRICE: the time that has passed since the injury, the type of tissue that has been injured, as well as the extent of the injury. To use different approaches for different situations might make more sense.
