Your idea of a good time and self-care may involve a long, luxuriously hot bath. Bubbles, a good read and a candle? What could be better? To be clear, ice baths may be trending, but they are not new.

Below we’ve picked some of the top at-home ice baths to use for post-workout recovery. But the truth is that you don’t have to be signed to a multimillion-dollar contract to get the benefits of cold ...

Ice baths after exercise are hot, especially among influencers. But a new small study suggests that recreational athletes perform better if they soak in a hot tub rather than a frigid one, especially ...

Dr. Walters recommends starting just like this—short bursts of cold water, increasing over time. “Start with about 30 seconds at the end of your normal warm shower, and gradually increase the duration ...

Ice baths may have several health benefits, including helping to reduce muscle pain and inflammation and improving mood and cognitive ability. Ice baths involve immersing the body in cold water.

The idea of willingly immersing oneself in freezing cold water doesn’t sound particularly enticing. But as it turns out, the benefits of a simple cold shower are many. After all, top athletes ...

One of our NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists brings the story of a group of women who, every week, take an icy plunge into the Connecticut River. This is an excerpt from "Brave Souls" by Eliza ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. When the weather warms up, many of us use a nice cold shower to help us cool down. But while this might feel like ...

For the uninitiated, ice baths (also sometimes called cold plunge pools) have become a growing recovery method trend that touring musicians and professional athletes alike have tried, from Usain Bolt ...