New evidence suggests ice baths do nothing to help muscle recovery after exercise.
Ice bath recovery study.
That regularly taking ice baths blunts some of the desired effects of.
The recent study suggests that the previous ideas about ice bath.
Long a practice of elites post run ice baths have come under a bit of mixed metaphor alert fire lately on two grounds.
The assumption was that soaking in cold water promotes muscle recovery by reducing temperature blood flow and inflammation in tissues of the muscles.
A 2018 metanalysis of 99 studies looked at the effectiveness of several recovery methods.
But a 2017 study may throw a wrench in that belief.
The practice of using ice baths to relieve sore muscles goes back decades.
A new study has found the widely practiced routine for soothing aching muscles and pains may actually be having a detrimental effect.
Some research suggests ice baths may reduce soreness after workouts.
The age old technique of having an ice bath after a grueling workout could actually be impairing muscle repair and growth.