OK so I have a rotator cuff impingemet going on which pretty much means it hurts to move my arm almost anywhere. I'm going to PT 2x/wk, and doing my homework stretches religiously cause I want this GONE.
So I'm supposed to ice it after working out or stretching.... Now here's the kicker - work all day, go straight to gym where I do elliptical and mostly lower body, and a few of my RC stretches. Come home - with full intent to sit down with ice for 15 minutes, but get distracted with phone calls, dinner, mail, and now it's going on 8pm and all my good stretches were couple hours ago.
So the question is, is it too late to ice the injury at that point, or would you ice it anyway even though much time has passed since the major activity? Do you lose a lot by not icing right away? What is the ideal window of opportunity for icing an injury? Yeah, I'll ask the PT on Wed when I go next time, but in the meantime I put it to the smart people here for opinions.

