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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:20
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Subject: Re: ice baths
Hamish
Elana Meyer Olympic Silver medallist (the lady without the last minute
kick in the Olympics) has apparently being doing it for years perhaps without
it she may have got the gold?? Also, I believe many of the athletes and rugby
players at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) used to/still
do indulge in the practice
On a
slightly more serious note, years ago when I did a lot of training (running)
we often tried to end our long Sunday runs at one of the beaches in Cape Town
whereafter we would stand around in the sometimes freezing water for up to 20
minutes. This is hardly scientific but every single athlete (including myself)
always felt that when had had our cold dip we felt better at the hard track
training which was normally on Monday evening.
Perhaps the long runs induced very minor D.O.M.S. which was alleviated
by the cold????? Try the University of Stellenbosch Sports Injury Clinic - the
main Uni site is like www.sun.ac.za
and from there contact their physio dept/clinic they may be able to help.
Alternatively try the Sports Science Institute of South Africa- http://www.ssisa.com/
Good
luck
Dave
Riddell (in the UK so can't help any more than that)
hi all
ice baths are becoming the in thing to do as
part of a cool down after exercise. Does any one have
1) a protocol for these
2) a rationale for performing them or
3) research evidence or any evidence of the
effect
thanks
Hamish Ashton
Physiotherapist
New Zealand
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