Contrast bath therapy is a treatment in which a limb, or occasionally the entire body, is immersed alternately in hot water and then immediately in cold ice water, with the cycle of immersions repeated several times. It is used as a rehabilitative and recovery technique, though the sourced lead is candid that the evidence behind it is thin: the only support for its benefit is anecdotal, and no plausible physiological mechanism for any effect has been confirmed.
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Contrast Bath Therapy - Lead section
Contrast bath therapy is a form of treatment where a limb or the entire body is immersed in hot water followed by the immediate immersion of the limb or body in cold ice water.
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Contrast bath therapy is a form of treatment where a limb or the entire body is immersed in hot (but not boiling) water followed by the immediate immersion of the limb or body in cold ice water.
In Group: Heat and Cold Therapy, Introduction
Contrast bath therapy is a form of treatment where a limb or the entire body is immersed in hot (but not boiling) water followed by the immediate immersion of the limb or body in cold ice water.
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