After a tough workout that leaves your muscles tight and sore what's the best use of a hot-tub, cold shower, and hot shower to help relax your muscles? I'm not sure if heat or cold is better, or alternating between the two. I recently sat in a hot-tub for 10 min, then took a cold shower after a workout and it seemed to help. Does starting with hot or starting with cold make a difference?
People often hold ice packs on their shoulders after a practice but I don't think taking a cold shower has the same effect.
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My physio prescribed the contrast bath as a way to reduce swelling after I got the cast off my arm, and he swore it was an excellent treatment for arthritis as well.
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My physio prescribed the contrast bath as a way to reduce swelling after I got the cast off my arm, and he swore it was an excellent treatment for arthritis as well.
