Seniors' Sports-Injury Song: R(est)-I(ce)-C(ompression)-E(levation)

POST #36
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "YMCA" Village People, 1978.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2014.


You can view the lyrics and commentary (without images or chords) displayed on a parody-lyrics website at AmIRight.com Post"R-I-C-E"

RICE is a mnemonic for 4 elements used to treat soft-tissue and other injuries.



R-I-C-E            
          

(to the tune of "Y-M-C-A")

Intro:  Rest - Ice - Compression - Elevation  x2

Old man with a sports injury 

I said old man with sprained neck, twisted knee 

I said thin man with sad bone-density 

And your brittle bones so snappy.

Old man on the floor of the gym

I said old man with a red swollen limb 

You can stay there, moaning woe-is-me hymn 

Or find ways to mobilize it (rest, raise, freeze, compress).

You're gonna feel good with R-I-C-E, it's fun to heal good with R-I-C-E.

You could get an MR, deal with specialists' claims, 

Short-term treatment will be the same.

  

You're gonna feel good with R-I-C-E, it's fun to heal good with R-I-C-E. 

If you've Medicare B , there'll be no fees you owe 

When you hang out at Physio.

Sometimes, there's a glitch in this scheme - 

Early X-rays aren't as smart as they seem,

Subtle fractures missed by linear beam,

And a  scan is more revealing.

Symptoms, this might all help explain,

After one week, why you're still wracked by pain,

So some bone-meds you will likely be takin', 

 'long with RICE, then ambulation  (rest, raise, freeze, compress).

You're gonna feel good with R-I-C-E, it's fun to heal good with R-I-C-E.

It's First-Aid of choice, as approved by your grand-pa, 

And it still is the modern mantra.

R-I-C-E, it's fun to heal good with R-I-C-E 

If you've Medicare B, there'll be no fees you owe 

Complete ACL tear
Surgical intervention required

When you hang out at Physio.

Rarely, when you see Dr Dodd,

(worth waiting, he's a sharp orthopod),

He'll astound you, "it's unstable - good God!"

Hip or  knee or shin needs fixing.

Post-op, Doc's rewired your limb, 

Turn up volume, and just listen to him. 

Pain is screaming, don't sign out on a whim, 

You've just got to know this one thing (rest, raise, freeze, compress). 

                                           

You're gonna feel good with R-I-C-E,
 it's fun to heal good with R-I-C-E.

You could  threaten to sue, dream of injury claims, 

Short-term treatment will be the same.

R-I-C-E, it's fun to heal good with R-I-C-E 

Old man, old man on the floor of the gym, 

Old man, old man with the red swollen limb 

Fade:

R-I-C-E, you're gonna feel good with R-I-C-E,

Old man, old man with sprained neck, twisted knee...

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