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Helps decrease inflamation and flush out waste product built up in the muscles. I had a friend who was trying out for the olympic bobsled team a few years ago and he said the first couple days he could barely move he was so stiff and sore the morning after training. He asked some other guys how they were moving normally and with no obvious pain right away in the morning? they said they took an ice bath for 10-15 minutes after training. He tried it and said it was amazing the difference was and that was the only thing he did different.
The alternating heat and ice or hot and cold is what I suggested to people I trained with injuries. start with heat then stretch out and ice in stretched postion if possible alternating 15 min heat then stretch and ice for 10 min.
Stretching out really well after working out is very beneficial for keeping soreness down as well and would make quite a difference combined with cryotherapy/cold therapy.
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