Background. As the prevalence of mental health disorders continues to rise, there is a
growing need for effective and accessible holistic approaches to promote well-being. Cold …

Performance psychology practitioners use a wide range of theories and interventions to
improve performance and well-being. Often, however, practitioners do not integrate these …

Objective This study aimed to determine how women felt cold water swimming affected their
menstrual and perimenopausal symptoms. Study design An online survey that asked …

Cold water immersion (CWI) may provide benefits for physical and mental health. Our
purpose was to investigate the effects of an acute bout of CWI on vascular shear stress and …

FIGURE 1. Hormetic dose-response curve. This biphasic dose response is induced by acute
or moderately stressful–usually positive–stimuli (eg, hormetins, temperature changes …

Background: Mental health disease constitutes 25% of the total burden of disease in
Denmark. In the last few years, an increasing tendency for seeking the ocean has arisen …

Cold-water immersion (eg adapted cold showers, partial or whole-body immersion, cold
swimming) are nowadays increasingly being used as an adjunctive procedure to enhance …

There is emerging evidence that sea swimming can have a positive impact on the mental
health of adults. Less is known about how this intervention can impact young people's …

Purpose Research regarding the effect cold-water immersion (CWI) has on cognitive
performance often uses excessive cooling protocols (> 1-hour) to measure the detrimental …

The experience of pain that is induced by extremely cold temperatures can exert a
modulatory effect on motor cortex circuitry. Although it is known that immersion of a single …