Alternating shower

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Under a contrast shower refers to the multiple alternating showers with hot and cold water , a kind of simplified hydrotherapy after Kneipp .

effect

Alternating showers are often said to have an invigorating effect. It has been proven that vessels are trained to expand and contract quickly, which means that you don't freeze so quickly, especially in winter ( hardening ). Further statements are that the blood flow to the skin increases and it becomes firmer. Low blood pressure will increase. The immune system is strengthened in a similar way to the sauna . Alternating showers should therefore prevent colds.

A study with 20 elderly patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis COPD came to the conclusion that in this disease there actually occurs a certain hardening effect in the form of an increased number of lymphocytes in the blood. There is also evidence that alternating showers are beneficial to athletes' recovery process after training. Alternating showers are still rarely used therapeutically in medicine and are more likely to be assigned to the wellness area today. They are occasionally used against hypotension or in elderly care. Individual sports medicine studies speak for a positive effect of alternating showers on the recovery of runners, cyclists or soccer players as well as against sore muscles.

history

Alternating baths were practiced in the Roman Empire (in thermal baths ), as well as in China and Japan . With pastor Sebastian Kneipp from Bad Wörishofen , it experienced a renaissance in the 19th century.

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Individual evidence

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