The ice packs should be used on a schedule of 20 minutes on and 5 minutes off, continuously, as long as the patient is not sleeping or eating. After 24 hours, ice generally has no beneficial effect on the swelling, but many patients find it to be a helpful adjunct in reducing pain.
The average score on most IQ tests is 100, and approximately 68 percent of all people score somewhere between 85 and 115. For those who fall below 85, scores are often classified in the following way: 1 to 24 - Profound mental disability. 25 to 39 - Severe mental disability. 40 to 54 - Moderate mental disability.
Thirty-five percent of Americans are classified having a normal weight so far in 2014, while 35.3% of adults are considered overweight.. Meanwhile, underweight Americans make up a very small 2.1% of the adult population. The obesity rate was 25.5% in 2008 when Gallup and Healthways first began tracking it. The percentage of obese adults has fluctuated since then, but is now 2.2 percentage points higher than it was in 2008. Across major demographic categories, obesity rates are higher or stable thus far in 2014 compared with 2013.