Now see this interests me much more than lactic acid or the minuscule effects of a quick jog. I remember what ten years ago starting to hear chatter about icing a pitchers arm being a bad and possibly damaging thing. However this was coming out at the same time ice baths were really gaining popularity. The positive or negative effects of icing a pitchers arm is what I want to see research on.
I for one have never just iced my sons arm. One he's only thirteen and two he's never had a sore arm. Now he has had a heavy arm after a pitching start and we iced and heated his arm the next day to get him ready to play a position the next day with good results. Well at least good from a stand point of felt better. So this is a subject area I have great personal interest in.