Cold Therapy
Recovery & Performance
- Cardiovascular Health
- Boost in energy
- Immune Boost
- Stress relief
- Better sleep
- Skin health
- Pain relief
Reduces Lactic Acid Build Up
Ice baths and cold water therapy helps reduce lactic acid build up, reduces swelling, and normalize adrenaline production so the body can recover faster than normal.
Less Pain & Reduction of DOMS
Ice baths and cold water therapy helps reduce Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) by helping reduce the inflammation and muscle spasm that causes it.
Faster Injury Recovery!
Using a cold tub or ice bath reduces injury recovery time. Cold therapy is already used to treat acute sport injuries. A COLDTUB™ is much better than an ice pack or cold compress in many ways.
Reasons You Should Get an Ice Tub for Your Home
The potential benefits of taking an ice bath may make you question whether or not you should subject your body to such severe temperatures. The good news is that taking an ice bath has been proven to produce positive effects, especially for people who exercise often or are competitive in sports.
So what are the six reasons you should get an ice tub for your home?
Reduce Muscle Soreness and Inflammation
It’s crucial to give your body time to recover after a strenuous workout. Taking an ice bath can help reduce swelling and discomfort from sore muscles more quickly. Submerging in an ice bath after a workout can also help repair tissue damage.
The cold causes one’s blood vessels to narrow, then widen after they emerge from the tub. This mechanism aids in the removal of metabolic waste products after exercise, particularly in the lymph nodes, which contain lymphatic fluid that can build up.
Faster Recovery from Intense Cardio
After completing a strenuous cardio workout, taking a bath in ice water can help the body recover more quickly and effectively. In a study that was conducted in 2010, 41 high-level, male athletes were asked to participate in 20-minute sessions of intensive intermittent exercise at maximum effort.
After each of these high-intensity cardio sessions, a recovery period of 15 minutes was performed. Participants who underwent cold-water immersion therapy over 15 minutes were found to recover significantly quicker than those who didn’t.
Lessen Cardiac Stress
Immersion in cold plunge tub after your workouts may be able to assist in reducing the stress that exercise puts on your heart, which is especially helpful when you’ve been working out in the heat.
Physiological stress and hormonal recovery could be boosted by CWI, according to a 2019 study. The participants’ heart rates were found to drop more quickly with CWI than with passive recovery methods after cycling for 45 minutes in a hot environment.
Builds a Stronger Immune System
Metabolic health and weight maintenance can both benefit from a process called thermogenesis. Immersions in plunge ice baths have been proven to stimulate this process. Submersion in a cold tub combined with various breathing techniques has been shown to stimulate the immune system’s adaptive response.
It’s a technique known as controlled hypoxia, which promotes the release of adrenaline. cold plunge therapy directly influences immune function by exposing the body to physiological stimuli that force it to perform at levels outside its comfort zone.
Alleviate Pain
Ice bathing or taking a cold shower after a single intense workout provides brief pain relief and may assist recovery, or at least the athlete’s perception of a speedier recovery.
A study conducted in 2016 on athletes who participated in jiu-jitsu found that immediately after a workout, a plunge in cold water resulted in less reported muscle aches and helped decrease lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels.
Results in Healthier Skin
Plunge ice bath therapy helps to momentarily tighten pores and minimize redness by constricting cutaneous blood flow in the skin, unlike hot water which can dry out your skin by removing its natural oils.
Cold immersion, whether in cold showers or part of an ice bath routine, is a great way to rejuvenate your skin by removing the top layer of dead skin and encouraging new, healthy skin to form in its place.
Cold water immersion can help your skin in a few different ways:
- It can make your skin firmer by strengthening the contractile fibers.
- It can make your pores smaller, temporarily reducing the pollution that gets into your skin.
- It can make your blood vessels stronger, which can help your skin heal faster after an injury.
- Those who make ice baths part of their beauty routine report feeling younger and more refreshed afterward.
Cold Therapy
Just like breathwork and mindful meditation, cold exposure calms our mind by distracting it and refocusing it on other factors. Cold exposure also lowers our heart rate, allowing us to be calmer and, therefore, less anxious.