oriiginal poster says nothing on swelling, he just mentions [pain
when did u hurt urself?
im injured right now with a fractured pinky
if u injured recently then ice would help with swelling
if it;s not too recent and certain amount of days have passed then use warm almost hot water
cool (ice) for recent (it just happened) injuries
heat (warm gel packs heating pads) for it happened a while ago injuries like 3-5 or even 5-7 days ago
that;s the widely accepted general rule