Ice Baths
How the Ice Bath Can Help You Recover
Hydrostatic pressure created by the body’s immersion in water can:
- Promote faster re-oxygenation of fatigued muscles, by improving cardiac output
- Help remove waste products from muscles
- Assist in reducing swelling
Icy temperature, which is akin to the use of ice packs placed on injuries, is associated with:
- The constriction of blood vessels leading to increased toxin-flush out, and subsequent rush of nutrient-rich blood back in to injured and fatigued muscles
- Reduction in intensity and/or longevity of inflammation
- Lowering of core temperature