So what are some other methods that we can use to alleviate acute soreness ? Well , if we continue on the same theme , which is saying , OK , we use some sort of pressure manipulation to enhance recovery .
There is absolutely no requirement to do so it is just an option if you're interested . Yeah , the studies of Doctor Susannah Soberg are not directly aimed at alleviating soreness or recovery . They're more about uh increasing thermal capacity by a storage of uh brown adipose tissue , not the blu fat , but the stuff around the clavicles and on the heart that help you generate body heat at rest and metabolism and so on .
And uh and so far in this discussion , we've mentioned cold water immersion and I talked about in the hyper section , how you would not want to do that immediately post exercise , which would be getting into cold water or an ice bath if you're trying to grow muscle mass . Having said that there is good evidence showing that cold water immersion specifically is effective at reducing muscle soreness . So it is a fair consideration and it's a classic example of how there are no free passes in physiology .
But the next day I tend to feel really , really good . In addition , if I wake up the next morning and I'm really , really hurting and , and I'm super stiff , a hot bath will , will help that um quite a bit . So you can play with some of those protocols .
Uh Again , if I'm in season or trying to compete or if I have just done way , way , way too much exercise . And I am really in significant pain , you would probably be willing to give up some small percentage of eventual muscle growth after a single session to get out of pain . So , um of the cold strategies , cold water immersion is clearly the best approach rather than cold air or some other tactics .
