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The Women's Running Lab · Aug 12, 2025 · 34 min

E46 - Rethinking Recovery from Injury with PEACE & LOVE

In this episode, Alison shares how a knee injury at camp inspired her to discuss shifting from the traditional RICE method (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) to the more modern PEACE & LOVE approach for recovery from injury. While RICE can help in the acute stage by reducing swelling and pain, it doesn’t address the need for movement and tissue loading. PEACE focuses on the early days post-injury—Protection, Elevation, avoiding overuse of Anti-inflammatories, Compression, and Education—while LOVE guides the subacute phase with Load, Optimism (or nervous system safety), Vascularization, and Exercise. She emphasizes that effective recovery from injury means transitioning from passive rest to active healing, reducing pain, protecting the injured area, and progressively restoring strength, mobility, and function. Resources Mentioned: The Big Six: https://youtu.be/5YuaQPUA_yM Follow Along Between Episodes on Instagram and if you enjoyed this episode please give a share and tag me in your stories!

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In this episode, Alison shares how a knee injury at camp inspired her to discuss shifting from the traditional RICE method (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) to the more modern PEACE & LOVE approach for recovery from injury. While RICE can help in the acute stage by reducing swelling and pain, it doesn’t address the need for movement and tissue loading. PEACE focuses on the early days post-injury—Protection, Elevation, avoiding overuse of Anti-inflammatories, Compression, and Education—while LOVE guides the subacute phase with Load, Optimism (or nervous system safety), Vascularization, and Exercise. She emphasizes that effective recovery from injury means transitioning from passive rest to active healing, reducing pain, protecting the injured area, and progressively restoring strength, mobility, and function. 

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