== Ice baths for athletes: research questions any benefit ==
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(from Medical News Around The World)
What awaits you in the locker room may be one of the downsides to finishing a long run. Professional and amateur runners alike will be familiar with the cringe-inducing post-run ice bath, but a group of researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that it may not be as helpful as previously thought. A study, published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, had 20 active college men running downhill for 40 minutes at a grade of -10%. Afterwards, researchers had half of them stand in a recycling bin filled with ice water up to their thighs for 20 minutes...
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