Ice baths

[Nacho_Analstain]

How often should you have an icebath?
Can it be dangerous?
Does it hurt? Lol

[eman-resu]

Sounds painful o_o

nice legs

[markeeta]

ice bath's sound great in theory, but i never had one. i mean... i am always icing soar elbows, wrists, knees, jaws, ribs, etc in training and it works for me, so an icebath seems like a good overall treatment.

seems like it would be pretty brutal on the boys downstairs though. and talk about shrinkage... yikes!

I don't have any boys downstairs to worry about, so I've got that sorted. I have problems with my legs/knees/feet in general so I have been taking an ice bath after training every day. One or two ice packs just don't cover everything. I'll find out soon enough if they are worth it.

[markeeta]

How often should you have an icebath?
Can it be dangerous?
Does it hurt? Lol

You get used to the cold pretty quick. Only dangerous if you stay in longer than 20min or make it too cold, but even then I wouldn't worry. I take blows to the head, I'd say an ice bath would be the least of my worries.

[markeeta]

Sounds painful o_o

nice legs

thanks man, but my legs are why I'm ice bathing in the first place lol

[King James III]

Anyone done these? I know there is little scientific evidence, but if they can get me running and skipping again science can go get stuffed. I'm feeling better so far.

Ice baths are a son of a *****.....but you feel so refreshed afterwards they are really worth it

[RMAcero]

My trainer saw me in the gym after some light sparring and suggested that I look into taking an ice bath because I was icing all my joints. I couldn't stand it for 5 mins. but then it wasn't bad at all. It was soothing.

[sukhenkoy]

Worst **** is when you get a leg cramp in an ice bath.

[Mafcherano]

If you live in England, the cold tap water in winter should be more than cold enough. I asked around and about this and someone said it s something to do with the blood in your muscles and helping you recover quicker. Less damage occurs if you have an ice bath straight after and it helps swelling in joints too. Alot of Premiership Clubs do this to their players. Probably just to make them earn their £100,000 a week!

[markeeta]

If you live in England, the cold tap water in winter should be more than cold enough.

Yeah. I just fill my bath tub up with cold water until it covers my legs and add in some containers of ice from my freezer. That seems cold enough. I put the ice blocks close to the areas that hurt the most.