Ice Barrel Ice Bathtub - Freestanding Cold Therapy Training Tub – An Ice Bath Tub for Athletes - Adult Spa for Ice Baths and Soaking (Charcoal Black)

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Ice barrel therapy is more than just a trend—it’s a holistic practice that offers a myriad of health benefits. From enhancing circulation to boosting immune function, this ancient yet modern approach to wellness holds remarkable potential. But what exactly does it entail? Incorporating the Ice Barrel into my routine hasn’t just present physical benefits; the mental journey is just as impactful – and by the way I am by no means an expert yet; I’m still very much at the beginning of my Ice Bath training, ad loving every minute of it.

With cold water therapy, the heart rate decreases, heart rate variability improves, and overall stress levels can decrease significantly over time.

There are lots of ice bath tub options on the market. On the more affordable side, you can get an inflatable or folding tub. These are great for travel or using at home and are generally pretty comfortable to sit in, but they tend to fail faster than solid tubs, and you have to refill them for virtually every use. The upright design allowed me to stay in a natural position and It’s even possible to fully submerge. The physical experience Cold water therapy works best with the right combination of time and temperature. For example, if you're in a 10°C water, we recommend staying in for no more than 10mins. A number of health benefits are associated with cold-water immersion therapy, of which feelings of wellbeing are central. Blood level markers are often used to identify if a therapy is beneficial or not. Blood lipid levels (e.g. cholesterol) and inflammatory markers are all ways to identify if a therapy has therapeutic benefits in addition to psychological benefits. Studies indicate multiple session treatments is most effective for long-term benefits. for example, sustained reductions in LDL blood lipids for two weeks after treatments of three times weekly for six weeks (Jansky et al., 1996; Rubkowska et al., 2010, 2011; Stanek et al., 2015, 2016, 2019). subjects with at least 10 treatments had significant long-term health benefits with those with at least 20 seeing better results (Lubkowska et al., 2010). T his, along with the health benefits seen by practitioners of the Wim Hof method and cold sea swimming, indicate that regular and repeated use of cold-water immersion therapy provides the best long-term health benefits. Mental health

The HydroBarrel is rotomoulded from highly durable polyethylene (plastic), which is frost, UV and impact resistant, meaning you won’t need to worry about weather damage - over the years, it will stay looking as good as the day you bought it. E., Cisoń, T., Straburzyńska-Lupa, A., & Łucja Pilaczyńska-Szcześniak, &. (2020). Effects of whole-body cryotherapy on 25-hydroxyvitamin D, irisin, myostatin, and interleukin-6 levels in healthy young men of different fitness levels. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63002-xThe inflatable walls aren’t too insulated, so if you leave it up and running, it may draw more power. Still, neither practice is as productive or as permanent as I’d like it to be. (And as we outline here, cold showers can’t really compete with cold plunges.) Blame New York living. My closest body of water is a sludge canal. Dolphins might’ve made some recent cameos in the East River, but it’s hard to imagine the health benefits of a plunge outweighing the deleterious effects of a swim at Dumbo Beach. Using an ice bath can dramatically decreases your body core temperature. The immersion in cold water constricts blood vessels and slows the flow of blood around the body, which combined with health complications, can cause your blood pressure to rise and give you a higher chance of cardiac arrest or stroke. Interleukin 1 (IL-1) is one class of many specialized proteins that are involved in inflammatory response. IL-1 causes fever, increased sensitivity to pain, vasodilation, and hypotension (drop in blood pressure).

Those who want to be able to move their plunge around will be happy to learn that the Ice Barrel only weighs 55 pounds when empty.

Get colder. Feel better.

Ice Barrel and similar companies draw on science to persuade potential customers that what they’re selling is not only healthy but potentially ✨ life-changing ✨. Stanek, A., Sieroń-Stołtny, K., Romuk, E., Cholewka, A., Wielkoszyński, T., Cieślar, G., Kwiatek, S., Sieroń, A., & Kawczyk-Krupka, A. (2016). Whole-body cryostimulation as an effective method of reducing oxidative stress in healthy men. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 25(6), 1281–1291. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/65980 Stanek, A., Cholewka, A., Gadula, J., Drzazga, Z., Sieron, A., & Sieron-Stoltny, K. (2015). Can whole-body cryotherapy with subsequent kinesiotherapy procedures in closed type cryogenic chamber improve BASDAI, BASFI, and some spine mobility parameters and decrease pain intensity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis? BioMed Research International, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/404259