Compression sequenced thermal therapy system

A method for contiguously providing compression therapy and thermal therapy to a patient, the method comprising:

• providing a blanket having a fluid bladder and a plurality of air chambers;
• securing the blanket around an appendage of a patient such that the fluid bladder is in thermal contact with the appendage and the plurality of air chambers are disposed outwardly of the fluid bladder relative to the appendage;
• compressing the fluid bladder against the appendage at a first pressure when the plurality of air chambers are deflated;
• thermally conditioning a heat-transfer fluid to a predetermined temperature using one or more thermoelectric coolers;
• flowing the heat-transfer fluid through the fluid bladder to provide thermal therapy to the patient;
• and
• selectively inflating and deflating each of the plurality of air chambers in a predetermined pattern to compress selective portions of the fluid bladder against the appendage at a second pressure greater than the first pressure while the thermally conditioned heat-transfer fluid is flowed therethrough.