Healthy Charleston

Wondering if you should add cold plunging and cryotherapy to your health and recovery routine? Let’s talk about it - is it maximizing your recovery or killing your gains? On this episode, Hannah and Jordan Wigger, owner of Lowcountry Barbell Club, dive into the research and applications behind cold plunging, cryotherapy, reducing inflammation, and talk about what recovery really means! Links:IG: @lowcountrybarbellWebsite: lowcountrybarbellclub.comBLOG: https://www.made2movept.com/post/hot-take-cold-therapy-may-be-killing-your-gainsReferencesMachado, Aryane Flauzino, et al. "Can water temperature and immersion time influence the effect of cold water immersion on muscle soreness? A systematic review and meta-analysis." Sports medicine 46 (2016): 503-514.​​Roberts LA, Raastad T, Markworth JF, Figueiredo VC, Egner IM, Shield A, Cameron-Smith D, Coombes JS, Peake JM. Post-exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signalling and long-term adaptations in muscle to strength training. J Physiol. 2015 Sep