How many anons here have tried an ice bath?

How many anons here have tried an ice bath?
Does it actually work?

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>work
sure, it works... works at making you feel cold. other than that, it doesn't do anything

inflammation is an important part of the healing process. using ice to treat injury or muscle soreness is ultimately going to increase recovery time

is that why multimillionaire professional athletes go for a soak in the ice bath or strap icepacks to their knees after a particularly grueling training session?

I may be wrong but I think he’s asking about using ice baths for weight loss which, thermodynamically, I can not argue that it does not work because nothing says it shouldn’t.

Multimillionaire athletes are also on so much gear that recovery for them isn't based on normal physiological processes and timelines. Anti-inflammatory drugs an other mechanisms inhibit muscle growth, likely because they're messing with the body's healing.

What do you want it to do? Help your legs feel better after a hard workout? Increase your mental toughness? It definitely does those.
Thats why all those mlb pitchers tape ice to their arms after games to increase their recovery times right?

Protip from someone whos taken basic chemistry, start with cold water, and you only have to put in enough ice to get the water temp down to 32f/0c. As long as their is ice in the tub the water will be at 32f/0c/273k. Adding lots more ice eont make it colder.

Because feeling good and your body recovering are two different things. Sure your arm might feel better in the short term after you ice it down but that doesn't mean it's actually better earlier than someone who didn't use ice

me... it worked for soreness after i ran 5 miles.

>multimillionaire professional athletes
>gifted genetic freaks in the top 99.99% of human beings
>winning because of how they train/recover, rather than in spite of how they train/recover

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I just want to get rid of fat around my abs and glutes.

I'm not an attention whore so no I haven't

there's actually some legit studies that show it speeds muscle recovery, not sure how well they translate to practical applications though

i sit in ice baths to calm down when i'm really angry

If you want to reduce inflammation just do your regular routine stoned. Not only that but it reduces pain so you can push yourself as long as you know your limits.

I work in sports medicine, and recently graduated school so I have at least a somewhat recent education on the research.

It should be used to decrease inflammation from tissue injury, but there is no evidence to suggest how long it takes to be effective or how cold the ice has to be.

Ice baths for recovery does not have as much quality evidence to support. Thought that doesn't mean it's ineffective. Even less well-researched is the cryo-therapy treatments that people are doing.

so do anti-inflammatory meds help any or is that still unconfirmed?

What? You think these teams that invest litteraly millions of dollars in their players would tell them to wrap their arms in ice to make them feel good and not for the recovery?
Please post a source for this

Oh. Go for a run shit head.

They of course help with inflammation, but seeing as how delayed-onset muscle soreness isn't fully understood, I can't say that they've been found to be effective. That's not to say that the pain relief aspect of NSAIDs or pain relievers assist with performance.

In examples such as baseball pitchers, those athletes are putting their musculoskeletal systems under stress that isn't exactly healthy. I can't say for sure just because I'm not an expert, but I would guess that the ice assists with cellular death relating to tissue hypoxia etc, not necessarily the "micro-tearing".

Idk

Are you autistic? Post a source for what? I asked a question.

Thanks for the answer, hopefully we know more about this in a few years.

Is it subcutaneous or visceral? Either way the best way to do it is healthy diet and some major CICO. If its just subcutaneous its more about diet than anything else.

yea, you will burn 15kcal/10 min or something. you could just walk for 10 minutes and burn more. retarded

icing down slow muscle growth for a period of time afterward