These are all good ideas. I talked about this with the PT this morning, and he says just to ice it, and if it's an hour or two after the workout that's still OK. Ice later is still better than no ice at all. In other words, just do it.

Which is good because where I need the ice to work really requires leaning back into a chair or lying down and holding the corner of the ice pack to wrap around my shoulder and upper arm with the other arm which is something that just ain't gonna work while driving a car, especially since I need the other arm free for shifting gears. Someday I'll get over always having stickshift cars. Besides the ride home from the gym is only 2 miles so normally there is not so much delay - as long as I don't answer the phone when it rings.