What Is A Contrast Shower?

Most of us take a shower every day. But have you ever heard of contrast showers? Contrast showers, sometimes known as contrast hydrotherapy, are showers in which you quickly change your body temperature from hot to cold and back again by alternating between hot then cold water. It could be the easiest and most effective way to support your own immune system and also it can benefit your sleep. Some of the purported benefits of this cold thermogenesis include the following:

• Improve blood flow and oxygen delivery, especially within the brain
• Purge toxins from the body and boost immunity
• Good for digestion and improve appetite regulation
• Improve skin, hair and scalp condition
• Relax muscle pain and increase energy
• Relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus and attention
• Help to lose weight and metabolism

Procedure for Contrast Showers

The best option for carrying out the procedure is 20 minutes after the morning awakening.

Before stepping to the ablution take 10 minutes to warm up. Squirt, lunges, knead your shoulders and back. After warming up, prepare a hard towel and start dousing.

Begin the shower at 102-104 F. degrees. Raise the temperature to tolerance. Hold the temperature for two to three minutes as the patient tolerates it.

Turn cold water on more fully and then turn the hot water off. If you do not tolerate cold water, cool the hot water down by turning the cold water on more fully while at the same time decreasing the hot water to achieve a tolerable cool temperature. It is much more effective to have the changes abrupt from hot to cold and vice versa. Cold should last 30 seconds.

Reverse again to hot water, making it hotter than the first hot. Hold it there for two to three minutes as the patient tolerates it.

Follow this by a second colder shower. Make it colder than the first. The cold shower should last thirty seconds.

Reverse to the hot water, up to 114 F degrees (or as tolerated), for one to three minutes. The third hot shower spray should be hotter than the second hot shower spray.

Follow by straight cold (or as tolerated) for 30 seconds. Rest for 20 minutes afterwards. Be careful not to chill.

Taking a contrast shower is probably the best way to start or end your day. The science and health benefits are undeniable. Contrast showers can help you fall asleep quickly, and Mintal Tracker will also help you detect sleep quality after contrast showers. All you need to do is have the bravery and determination to turn the tap from hot to cold and give it a try.