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10 Benefits of Cold Water Swimming

The Sporting

Helps to Reduce Pain and Inflammation If you've ever used an ice pack to soothe a sports injury or a headache, you'll be pleased to know that cold-water swimming can have a similar effect. While the cold temperature of wild waters may shock your system, it compels you to concentrate on your breathing, which can calm your nervous system.

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Strength Training For Injury Prevention

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This requires actual rehabilitation and return-to-play plans that should be discussed with sports medicine professionals. Imbalance – Other things that contribute to muscle strains include poor stability and muscle imbalances. Strength deficiencies and overcompensation are often the beginning of the injury process.

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Lift Your Mood: The Role of Physical Activity in Mental Health

Designs for Health

It may also modulate circulating levels of stress hormones and signaling factors related to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the autonomic nervous system, as commonly measured by the biomarkers cortisol and salivary -amylase. It has been shown to increase lean body mass and muscle strength in both male and female subjects.