Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

This was in todays BBC Sports, makes you think. Are sheep walking or does this really help?Sports star ice baths questionedPaula Radcliffe may say they are the secret of her success, but Australian research is questioning the benefits of taking an ice bath after exercise.Physiotherapists recommend the bath as a way to speed up recovery, claiming the icy cold helps shift lactic acid.But this is un
 
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I started using ice baths for my shin splints this year(my legs were immersed below the knee) and it definitely WORKED….

I know alot of athletes from the islands, and they hate the cold and never ice…they seemed to recover well and trained pretty hard as well.

yea they worked pretty well for me, expecially on bounding days. a lot of people do it for like 30 sec. and cant handle it and get out so they never get the full effect. after a few times, u get used to it tho

jumperuk - 11 July 2007 02:35 AM

I know alot of athletes from the islands, and they hate the cold and never ice…they seemed to recover well and trained pretty hard as well.

Well im from the cold…

I've always liked ice baths following injuries and in some cases after hard CNS workouts. Scientific evidence may be divided but it research evidence is also inconclusive about massage. The reasons for this are varied ranging from different administrations of the ice bath / massage to problems with applying statistical significance to physiological parameters that are fairly difficult to detect (assuming we know what they are in the first place).

mike - 12 July 2007 04:38 AM

I've always liked ice baths following injuries and in some cases after hard CNS workouts. Scientific evidence may be divided but it research evidence is also inconclusive about massage. The reasons for this are varied ranging from different administrations of the ice bath / massage to problems with applying statistical significance to physiological parameters that are fairly difficult to detect (assuming we know what they are in the first place).

I've heard that massages are bad to get close to a meet.  Is this true?

Winnesota - 12 July 2007 08:12 AM

mike - 12 July 2007 04:38 AM

I've always liked ice baths following injuries and in some cases after hard CNS workouts. Scientific evidence may be divided but it research evidence is also inconclusive about massage. The reasons for this are varied ranging from different administrations of the ice bath / massage to problems with applying statistical significance to physiological parameters that are fairly difficult to detect (assuming we know what they are in the first place).

I've heard that massages are bad to get close to a meet.  Is this true?

There are many types of massage.  Generally getting a massage before meets is good as long as the practitioner knows what they're doing. 

Some reasons to avoid massage near a meet.  You probably don't want to do deep work within a day or two of the meet and if you're not used to getting massages on a regular basis you will want to keep it very light before the meet.  Anything other than light massage needs to be adapted to similar to training (so it's not a shock to your system).

Who here read the research? One minute icebaths repeated three times with untrained athletes after leg extensions. They are good for sports medicine as good training starts when good health ends.