Is it okay to take a cold shower?

Bathing is a necessary part of body cleaning for everyone. Taking a shower after exercise can not only soothe your body, but also make you feel refreshed. Many people like to take cold showers in the hot summer, which not only cleans the body but also helps eliminate the heat. Nowadays, many people do not like to enjoy a quiet warm water bath, but choose to take a cold water bath. They believe that this can help improve physical fitness, and many people even choose winter swimming. So is it okay to take a cold shower? Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

There are three benefits of taking a cold shower:

First, it increases the body's ability to adapt to temperature, especially the ability to adapt to cool air, making it less likely to catch a cold.

Secondly, it is a good exercise for the human body's blood vessels. When taking a cold shower, the blood vessels contract rapidly, and a large amount of blood flows into the body, and then flows to the body surface after a while. The expansion and contraction of the blood vessels can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases in the long run.

Thirdly, it can exercise one’s will. Taking a cool shower in the summer is very refreshing, but taking a cold bath in the winter requires perseverance. Harms: Different physical conditions will lead to different diseases. When a person has a cold, taking a cold shower is not conducive to the discharge of heat and toxins from the body.

Best Practices:

When using a cold water bath to cool down, it is not advisable to suddenly immerse the whole body in cold water at the beginning. It is best to splash some cold water on your body with your hands or the shower head, or wet your hands and feet with cold water first, then use a towel soaked in cold water to wet your chest and back, rub your body for a while before pouring cold water all over your body, wipe dry quickly until your skin turns red, and if you feel refreshed, it means that the effect is good. If you feel chills, take shorter showers or increase the water temperature.

Precautions

1. When taking a cold shower, the water temperature is too low and the human body will feel cold, which will cause a series of stress reactions, such as increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, muscle contraction, nervous tension, etc. It will not only fail to eliminate fatigue, but also easily cause colds, so it should be avoided as much as possible. For those who have poor physical constitution, they should not take cold showers. Otherwise, their poor resistance will be stimulated by the cold and may cause colds, fevers and other diseases.

2. In some areas, climate change is significant, causing influenza to break out earlier. Colds should be prevented early. Taking cold showers is not a wise move for some friends. However, you can persist in washing your face with cold water for a long time to promote blood circulation, prevent colds and rhinitis, and make your skin more shiny and elastic.

3. For winter swimmers who exercise all year round, there needs to be a process of learning and adaptation, and they need to persist all year round. However, cold water bath exercises must be carried out gradually: in autumn, the temperature gradually drops, and the human body gradually adapts to the cold and cold water, so that in late autumn and winter, taking a cold water bath does not feel too cold. The "gradual" cold water bath should also include bathing parts "from local to whole body", water temperature "from high to low" and bathing time "from short to long".

There is no contradiction between winter and cold showers, because cold showers are carried out under human control. Under conditions that people can tolerate, they can maximize people's ability to adapt to cold weather and enhance their physical fitness. This is like what we usually say to have less contact with germs, but under controllable conditions, we can input artificially processed germs into the human body to obtain the maximum immune effect. The principle is the same, and moderation is very important, otherwise you will suffer from it. Taking a cold shower has many benefits for strengthening your physical fitness, improving your health level, and preventing and curing diseases. Long-term and continuous cold shower exercises will not only increase the elasticity of blood vessels, but also prevent vascular sclerosis, colds, bronchitis, tonsillitis, pneumonia, etc.

The above is the little knowledge I introduced to you about whether it is good to take a cold shower. In general, the number of people who can benefit from cold water showers is limited, and everyone should adjust the water temperature according to their physical condition. When taking a cold shower, you should try to lower the water temperature gradually to reduce irritation. For those who are in poor physical condition, such as those with colds or fevers, it is recommended not to take cold showers and to keep warm.