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In sports therapy, an ice bath, or sometimes cold-water immersion or cold therapy, is a training regimen usually following a period of intense exercise[1][2] in which a substantial part of a human body is immersed in a bath of ice or ice-water for a limited duration.[3]
The method is controversial,[4] with a risk of hypothermia,[5] with the possibility of shock[6] leading to sudden death.[5][7][8] Many athletes have used cold water immersion after an intense exercise workout in the belief that it speeds up bodily recovery; however, the internal physical processes are not well understood and remain elusive.[9] Evidence supporting cold water immersion as part of an athletic training has been mixed,[10] with some studies suggesting a mild benefit such as reducing muscle damage and discomfort[11] and alleviating delayed onset muscle soreness,[12][13][14] with other studies suggesting that cold water immersion may slow muscle growth and interfere with an overall training regimen.[15][16][17]
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... many of my RW colleagues swear by ice baths after a long run or race. Not me. I still maintain that ice baths are an elaborate practical joke being played on runners ...
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- ^ Rowsell GJ, Reaburn P, Toone R, Smith M, Coutts AJ (2014). "Effect of run training and cold-water immersion on subsequent cycle training quality in high-performance triathletes". Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 28 (6): 1664–72. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000000455. hdl:10453/41986. PMID 24626137. S2CID 12032750.
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- ^ Christine Kearney, 20 February 2012, Medical News Today, Muscle Soreness – Is Cold Water Immersion Effective For Treatment?, Retrieved October 5, 2016, "...a cold bath may be an effective way to prevent and help sore muscles. ...difficult for researchers to determine exactly how much cold water immersion helps sore muscles, ...The researchers say it is necessary for more studies to be done in order to be sure of the effectiveness of cold water baths in treating muscle soreness. ..."
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- ^ Roberts LA, Raastad T, Markworth JF, Figueiredo VC, Egner IM, Shield A, Cameron-Smith D, Coombes JS, Peake JM (2015). "Post-exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signalling and long-term adaptations in muscle to strength training". The Journal of Physiology. 593 (18): 4285–301. doi:10.1113/JP270570. PMC 4594298. PMID 26174323.
- ^ Yamane M, Ohnishi N, Matsumoto T (July 2015). "Does Regular Post-exercise Cold Application Attenuate Trained Muscle Adaptation?". Int J Sports Med. 36 (8): 647–53. doi:10.1055/s-0034-1398652. PMID 25760154. S2CID 19934538.
- ^ Fyfe JJ, Broatch JR, Trewin AJ, Hanson ED, Argus CK, Garnham AP, Halson SL, Polman RC, Bishop DJ, Petersen AC (November 1, 2019). "Cold water immersion attenuates anabolic signaling and skeletal muscle fiber hypertrophy, but not strength gain, following whole-body resistance training". J Appl Physiol. 127 (5): 1403–1418. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00127.2019. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30129996. PMID 31513450. S2CID 202569354. Retrieved 2 April 2023.