DYI Friday: Ice Cast for Massage Therapist

This is for anyone really, I work 6 days a week as a Massage Therapist. So to make sure I can have a career that last longer then the life span of my lotions, I need to take care of myself. I have my foam roller, my trigger point ball, my sock heating pad, but I lacked ice. I never liked to do ice. It's cold. And as with the heating pad I couldn't do anything when I had it on. I'd have to sit there with ice on my arms getting caught up on Lie to Me. All the while thinking "god this is cold!" Till one day after making the sock heating pad, I was goofing around with the tops left over and making them into gloves. Light dawn on marble head! Could I use these to make an ice pack holder thing? Yes I could and here's what I did :)

Step 1) Taking your left over sock tops cut a small thumb slit on the top on one of them.

Step 2) Fill a ziplock bag with about 1/3 cup tap water. Push all the air out and zip it up.

Step 3) I found a glass that was roughly the same size as my wrist and put the sock with the slit on top of it.

Step 4) Lay the sock glass flat and place the ziplock bag on top. Roll the bag down so it fit the area of the glass.

Step 5) Place the second sock on top of the ziplock bag and tuck in any parts sticking out.

Step 6) Place the whole thing, glass and all, in the freezer for a few hours. Take it out and remove it from the glass. You should be able to slide your arm into the space created by the glass and now ice. Use the thumb hole the make sure the bottom sock doesn't turn.

Step 7) Continue about your day. As you feel one area becoming too cold simply side the ice and top sock to a new area.