In sports therapy, an ice bath, also called cold water immersion or a cold plunge, is a training and recovery practice usually following a period of intense exercise, in which a substantial part of the body is immersed in a bath of ice or ice water for a limited duration. It is used by athletes as a form of cold therapy intended to aid recovery.
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In sports therapy, an ice bath, or sometimes cold-water immersion, cold plunge or cold therapy, is a training regimen usually following a period of intense exercise in which a substantial part of a human body is immersed in a bath of ice or ice-water for a limited duration.
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In sports therapy, an ice bath, or sometimes cold-water immersion, cold plunge or cold therapy, is a training regimen usually following a period of intense exercise in which a substantial part of a human body is immersed in a bath of ice or ice-water for a limited duration.
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