Cold water immersion therapy: unraveling the benefits and risks with evidence

Michael and Kim

Michael Brownstein, MD and Kimberly T. Sibille, PhD, MA, recently published a letter to the editor titled “Cold water immersion therapy: unraveling the benefits and risks with evidence” in response to Batista et al. 2024 article “Effects of post-exercise cold-water immersion on performance and perceptive outcomes of competitive adolescent swimmers”. Read their letter to the editor here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00421-024-05566-4#citeas and the original article here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38548939/