http://www.cold-showers.com/precautions-and-guidelines/ The Definitive Guide To Cold Water Therapy Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cold-showers.com/precautions-and-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-19 admin Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:12:50 +0000 http://www.cold-showers.com/?p=58#comment-19 Sure, I bet the sea has some benefit - especially if it is 68 or below. A lot of what we know about cold water therapy comes from studies on winter swimmers - not that you need to do anything quite as intense as winter swimming. I find it is much easier to take a cold shower after working out, or sometimes right after waking up. Other than that, there is always a little initial discomfort to push through, but it feels good eventually! Sure, I bet the sea has some benefit – especially if it is 68 or below. A lot of what we know about cold water therapy comes from studies on winter swimmers – not that you need to do anything quite as intense as winter swimming. I find it is much easier to take a cold shower after working out, or sometimes right after waking up. Other than that, there is always a little initial discomfort to push through, but it feels good eventually!

]]> http://www.cold-showers.com/precautions-and-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Walkaholic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:57:54 +0000 http://www.cold-showers.com/?p=58#comment-18 This all makes sense if I could only bear to do it. But I do manage to go in the cold sea once a week so I wonder if that's enough to help. Also when I wash my hair I always rinse it in cold water as it makes hair shinier:) There, another good reason to take a cold shower. Thanks for the interesting info, Annabel This all makes sense if I could only bear to do it. But I do manage to go in the cold sea once a week so I wonder if that’s enough to help. Also when I wash my hair I always rinse it in cold water as it makes hair shinier:) There, another good reason to take a cold shower. Thanks for the interesting info, Annabel

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