I've been taking ice showers for the past year or so but today tried an 'ice bath' for the first time.' DOes anyone know how long these should be donw for ? I felt fine after 10-15 mins (and a lot better actually) but just wondering? Also does

night.  My legs were killing me by the time I finished (not to mention the amount of sweet cascading off me) so I decided to have an ice bath.  Well sort of, I basically just used cold water (which was more than adequate).  Once in the bath I realised I

and pace, stretched thoroughly and even went to the extremes of taking ice cold baths after running. So far the injury doesn't seem to have raised it's ugly little head again and I feel I might be clear but I was wondering if stopping the ice baths

Saw a physio yesterday for shin splints.  Amongst other things, he has recommended icing three times a day.  He did suggest the ice patches you can buy from boots, but also said frozen peas are just as good and cheaperI'm just wondering if there

In view of yesterdays events in London East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency ( ICE ) " campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston and in association with Vodafone's annual life savers award

OK, I can't be bothered to read all the threads that have gone before.Basically, my foot hurts and it feels better when I apply ice. How often should I apply ice and how for how long should it be applied?Peas of choice = Morrisons bettabuy garden

So my physio has advised me to "ice" my knee for 30mins each day. I have apparently a small tear to the fascia of my ITB. I have no swelling or oedema.So, out of interest 1)what is the physiological benefit sure it goes cold but what are we trying

hiIm quite a new runner but i live in an area that allows me to have a wide variety of routes to run with several beachs near by so it is easy to keep motivated.But the heavy snow and ice im having is putting a real dampener on my motivation, should

fed up with it, can not go out on the roads as far to slippery, had to do a very boring run on treadmill last night!!! Do you have a treadmill at home Donna? I was too scared to drive to the gym last night with ice on the road. I saw a car sliding

:-)but I could feel my achilles slightly afterwards - I'd better ice I suppose ahtalking about plodding always did kill this thread :-) weird horrible scope:"Sometimes it is hard to admit you want more out of life and you are growing bored with the same