Chill: The Cold Water Swim Cure - A Transformative Guide to Renew Your Body and Mind
Author: Harper, Mark
ISBN: 9781797213767
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 9.016 inches x 5.984 inches x 1.89 inches
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The belief that swimming in cold water can improve one's health is hardly new. For centuries, people from all over the world have reported that immersing themselves in cold water alleviates their pain and improves their overall well-being. Even Katharine Hepburn famously claimed to treat her winter colds by swimming in the icy waters of the Pacific Ocean. But until now, the practice has been treated lightly by the scientific community, the curative effects all but dismissed by doctors seeking medicine-centred solutions for their patients' illnesses.
In Chill, expert anaesthetist and researcher Dr. Mark Harper delivers long-awaited evidence that cold-water swimming can, in fact, achieve powerful, tangible health benefits. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with case studies, laboratory results, and stories from the lives of patients, Dr. Harper illuminates the ways in which cold water can impacts us physiologically and mentally, alleviating conditions like:
ISBN: 9781797213767
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 9.016 inches x 5.984 inches x 1.89 inches
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The belief that swimming in cold water can improve one's health is hardly new. For centuries, people from all over the world have reported that immersing themselves in cold water alleviates their pain and improves their overall well-being. Even Katharine Hepburn famously claimed to treat her winter colds by swimming in the icy waters of the Pacific Ocean. But until now, the practice has been treated lightly by the scientific community, the curative effects all but dismissed by doctors seeking medicine-centred solutions for their patients' illnesses.
In Chill, expert anaesthetist and researcher Dr. Mark Harper delivers long-awaited evidence that cold-water swimming can, in fact, achieve powerful, tangible health benefits. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with case studies, laboratory results, and stories from the lives of patients, Dr. Harper illuminates the ways in which cold water can impacts us physiologically and mentally, alleviating conditions like:
- chronic pain
- dementia
- arthritis
- anxiety
- depression
- PTSD
- migraines and more.
