Ice bath?

Question: How does taking a bath in ice help you? like i just got home from a 2 hours volleyball practice and i am going to be so sore...i'm sore right now and i heard that you can take a freezing cold bath and put a little ice in the cold water...does that work to help not be so tense or something?

Answers:
Normally when you are sore people apply ice and then something with heat.

What Ice does is:
- decreases circulation to the area applied
- decreases the localized swelling/inflammation
- decreases cellular activity and muscle spasms
- alleviates pain

Normally the rule of thumb is use ice for 1-3 days and then switch to heat which will:

- increases circulation in the body part where it is
applied
- relaxes muscles
- increases cellular activity
- favours tissue elasticity
- may alleviate pain

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I WOULD THINK EPSOM SALTS IN A HOT BATH WOULD BE BETTER RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

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Maybe a jacuzzi...

Ice bath= hypothermia and lowered core temp...

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if you have muscle pain you need heat, if you have bone pain you need cold.

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It reduces the swelling in yer joints and tendons, thus improving circulation and helping you feel better. Just don't sit there too long!! lol

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