Pro-Tec Athletics Ice Up Portable Ice Massage Roller

The Pro-Tec "Ice Up" has finally made it possible to take your ice massage with you. If you are looking at this product, you are probably already a believer in ice massage and may even have a bunch of styrofoam cups in your freezer. The Ice Up lets you skip the wasteful tearing of cups and gives you a convenient and insulated carrying case to boot. Basically, you put the ice stick and the carrying case in your freezer overnight then load it up and stick it in your gym bag in the morning on the way out the door. The case has a little freezer gel pack in it that helps keep the ice stick frozen. Hours later, when you finish your workout or game, you pull out the ice stick, rub it on your knees or other sore spots and are good to go. The Ice Up does exactly what it should and does it really well. I have had the ice stick last over eight hours in the case. Couldn't be more convenient unless it had a tiny freezer right in the case! Oh... if you aren't used to ice massage, bring an extra small towel...

BUY this product if you need to ice. I love it and it works just as the manufacturer says. Follow their directions and you'll have no problems. I use this all the time. The only thing I do different is, I run the outer case of the massager (not the storage case) under warm/hot water for 5-10 seconds just to help break loose the ice inside - not required it just makes it easier to push the ice out.I love this product and take it with me on the road as well. if you freeze the travel case, it will preserve the ice for at lease six hours, depending on the surrounding air temperature, with little melting.

I bought this to ice shin splints after ballet class.Pros:- Good for icing anywhere you have no freezer access in which to keep gel pack for a couple hours while you workout.- An icepack might do this as well - but I find ice packs (I don't mean 'gel' packs) don't bend to fit your body. You could rub an icepack as you rub this thing, but in practice thats sort of clumsy. You'd need a lot of bulk to insulate an icepack - probably more than the size of this thing and would not do the job as well.- Rubbing the ice directly really feels like the best possible way to ice. You could rub ice cubes but the plastic parts on this really make holding the ice way more comfortable and allow you control pressure amazingly well.- As mentioned above - the parts are very comfortable and functional to handle.- Looks good and well constructed- Lasts quite a while - you could ice several body parts - I never completely use the ice in mine in one sitting.Cons:- A little bulky on its own plus you need to take a hand towel or something like that to catch dripping as you ice yourself (unless you're outside). Don't see how this could be helped - you'd need a lot of bulk to insulate and keep anything cold.Not quite cons:- I recommend putting the whole case inside plastic while its in your bag because it can drip a bit as it slowly melts over hours. Not an issue in my opinion. Only issue is if you forget and put it in your bag rolling around unprotected with something very liquid sensitive like paper - but that would be a silly mistake.- I guess you could have a little awkwardness in using this - ice dispenser could be jammed depending on how you freeze it but a minute of warming in hands fixes this and just a little observation and trail and error would teach you how to avoid this. Tip if you're having this problem: remember water expands as it freezes and though water might be in right place when you fill the cup - in freezer could it could expand enough tocover the sliding parts - so experiment with putting a little less water before freezing untill you find right spot (and you could even mark that spot with a little scratch.Comparing to ice pack:- This is a superior alternative because an ice pack would stay cold for less time, and need just as much if not more bulk to stay frozen. This ice massager does take more work because you have to actually hold it and rub - but this has its advantages (you're able to massage and pinpoint spots).- Another advantage of icepacks is that they don't drip but I don't mind taking a small piece of fabric to catch dripping.- Icepacks don't bend to fit several parts of your body well (shins, elbows, feet, head, shoulder, etc)- I AM NOT A FAN OF ICEPACKS FOR REASONS RELATED AND UNRELATED TO DIFFERENCES FROM THIS PRODUCTS.Comparing to gel packs:- First of all gel packs are not THAT cold for THAT long. With each gel pack you get about 5 mins of cold plus 15 mins of sorta cold. This can be good enough for some issues but certainly does not do what an icing would do- If you have more than one spot to ice youd need to have several freezing for hours prior.- Gel packs are amazing if you have a freezer immediately available for several hours prior to and on location of workout ( doesn't happen often).- Gel packs need a couple hours to get cold enough. So even if you have a freezer available, you need to make sure you put the gel packs in 2 hours before end of your workout.- GEL PACKS ARE BETTER FOR VERY MINOR TREATMENT WHEN YOU HAVE A FREEZER AVAILABLE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU AND THE TIME TO LEAVE IT SITTING FOR HOURS BEFORE YOU NEED IT.Comparing to gel pack:-

This is a convenient, portable way to ice injuries! I'm a runner, and am training for my first marathon. I've used this to ice down an ankle and an IT band--very handy to be able to put ice directly on an area and massage it using the Pro Tec Ice Massager, without actually having to hold onto an ice cube. I learned in a running clinic that massaging an injury with ice is preferable to an ice pack when possible, due (at least in part) to massaging the area with the cold ice. It has helped me! I keep this in my freezer, and just top it off and return it to the freezer after each use. It can be a little messy when the ice starts to melt against the skin, so I often stand in the bathtub (or sit on the edge with my legs inside the tub) while I'm using it.

It is actually a lot more efficient to ice for 3 minutes with this device to get the area numb than to wrap ice on your injury for 15 minutes.The trouble is people are lazy and want to watch TV while they ice, but then you have to use a big blue ice pad and numb all over rather than the injured spot.See http://saveyourself.ca/articles/icing.phpYou need to read the user guide to use this effectively, but it works well for my son who gets sore knees from volleyball.You need to have a towel to absorb the melting ice. It is messy that way.5 stars because it is worth the mess and this is compact so it can go in my son's sports bag without needed a whole ice chest.

My husband plays a lot of tennis and has chronic shoulder and elbow inflammation. After playing he was rubbing handfulls of ice on his joints, or trying to stuff ice cubes into plastic sandwich bags to minimize the mess, so when we found this we were really looking forward to a tidier way. Like freezing dixie cups of water, but reusable and more convenient. It did work really well the first few times, but then it developed a crack in the base and was unusable. My husband is an engineer - read the directions and followed them precisely - so I highly doubt it was a user error. Not worth the money for the number of times it was used.

It’s decent. The coolest part is the free able carry case. The push up part doesn’t always stay up when using it though. A paper cup would be sufficient tbh.

Ice stays solid for hours. Excellent product and proved very useful when I was away at all day training sessions. with injuries

Hält das Eis sehr lange kalt. Auch an heissen Tagen. Sehr gutes Produkt

I had tendonitis in my upper peroneus longus on the lateral side of the knee and needed to cool the leg a lot. The massager does a great job! Love it and I use it regularly!

Very good. Daugher is a dancer and had a sore knee and this really helped. Also, very good just to have in the house incase of accidents.

It's too bad this wasn't ivented a long time ago. Fantastic product!