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Ice baths seem to speed up recovery after exercise. But, the mechanisms by which this works are likely not limited to stopping inflammation.
by manmal 7y ago
Ice baths seem to speed up recovery after exercise. But, the mechanisms by which this works are likely not limited to stopping inflammation.
- huffmsa 7y agoThere's actually little research that they do, beyond placebo. It works a lot better in animal trials than with humans. Probably because of differenced in our ability to actively cool ourselves. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/4/296 https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/4/296