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Cold water immersion

TheCatWoman

I've heard that things like cold showers, cold water swimming etc are really good for ones health, especially if one has something like fybromyalgia or other inflamitory conditions and for mental health too.

Has anyone tried it, does it work or did it just make you so cold you couldn't get warm again?

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  • in reply to Stuart333

    Yeah I catch your drift, you made me smile. It was my rubbish attempt at humour. 

    Maybe the subcutaneous fat does play a part? 

    It does get a bit painful at times but from the videos I've watched there's something in there about our lifestyle now and the body never being really being put under that sort of stress anymore and this is a way to activate it, along with fasting. It brings a sort of mental clarity a sort of sharpness.

    Not for everyone, I know.

  • in reply to Lonehare12

    I understand if you have been in a sauna and you have raised your temperature a cold plunge may help to cool off.

    The Romans had a bathing sequence involving multiple rooms, including a caldarium, frigidarium, etc. so it is not new.

    I think some cold countries have people plunge into frozen lakes, possibly after a sauna. I think this is more bravado than anything.

    The cold plunge stresses the body and can release endorphins, much like eating excessively hot chillies. This is probably the reason for feeling calmer afterwards. It is clear it is stressful as people have heart attacks jumping into cold water on hit days.

    I also wonder if having more subcutaneous fat may make it feel different for men and women.

    Cold water can be physically uncomfortable or painful on certain parts of the body, which was what I was getting at before.