Podcast #801: The Chilly Water Swim Treatment

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Have you ever ever pushed alongside the shoreline, or walked by a neighborhood pond or lake and thought of taking a dip, however felt hesitant about swimming in what is chilly water? My visitor at the moment, who argues that chilly water swimming is among the best possible issues you are able to do to your psychological and bodily well being, will encourage you to lastly make the leap.

His title is Dr. Mark Harper and he’s an anesthesiologist and the writer of Chill: The Chilly Water Swim Treatment. We start our dialog with how Mark’s analysis into the prevention of hypothermia throughout surgical procedure led him to analyze the advantages of chilly water publicity in managing the physique’s total stress response. We talk about the impact chilly water has on the physique, and the potential psychological and bodily advantages this impact can have, from decreasing irritation, to decreasing melancholy brought on by irritation, to enhancing circumstances from diabetes to migraines. We get into how lengthy it’s worthwhile to be within the water to get these advantages, and the temperature the water must be, which might not be as chilly as you assume, and probably makes, relying on the place you reside, chilly water swimming viable as a year-round apply. Mark additionally explains tips on how to get began with chilly water swimming, and do it safely and successfully, together with why it is best to begin in the summertime, and the way greatest to arrange your physique earlier than you get within the water and get well after you get out of it. We finish our dialog with whether or not or not you will get the identical advantages of chilly water swimming from taking an ice bathtub or chilly bathe.