LARS ICE BATH

Welcome to Lars Ice Bath we are a holistic practice that offers a range of services aimed at helping people to improve in all areas of their health and well-being. We strive to provide you with a warm and welcoming environment where your improvements, satisfaction and goals are of paramount importance. Our experienced and professional team aim to provide you with focussed attention to help you achieve your wellness goals whatever they may be.

We use Ice Therapy (also called cold water immersion), to assist our clients to improve their wellness, recovery or general health. From a mental standpoint, you’re challenging your body by being exposed to different stresses and stimuli, which makes you more resilient and prepares you for different challenges in the future. Ice baths are a form of cryotherapy that call for sitting in ice cold water, ideally up to your chest. The first time you get in, it takes your breath away. It’s quite an experience, but after 5 to 10 minutes it gets easier, especially if you breathe and relax. The first few times it’s super uncomfortable and painful, but you do build up a tolerance.  Ice baths help people move and feel better, which can help them to recover.

Ice baths reduce inflammation and improve recovery by changing the way blood and other fluids flow through your body. When you sit in cold water, your blood vessels constrict; when you get out, they dilate (or open back up). This process helps flush away metabolic waste post-workout. That’s especially true with lymph, a clear fluid made up of white blood cells and fluid from your intestines. While your heart constantly moves blood around your body, your lymph nodes don’t have a pump. Ice baths constrict and open vessels manually, which helps stagnant fluids in your lymph nodes move throughout your body. Increased blood flow also floods your cells with nutrients and oxygen to theoretically help your body recover.

Other benefits of ice therapy include:

• Speed up recovery post sport or exercise
• Reduce swelling post-injury
• Improved immune system
• Reduced depression and improved mental wellbeing
• Improved energy
• Improve your sleep
• Fight disease
• Boost concentration
• Improve your willpower

Our founder Lars has been working in the health and fitness industry for over 30 years, his passion and energy translates into our holistic model. He has trained elite athletes, and now incorporating breathing, massage and ice therapy he has been able to attain amazing results for his various clients from all walks of life. Lars make our environment safe and fun for everybody. He believes that everyone can benefit from ice therapy and as such he ensures that no one feels they are not capable of experiencing this life changing modality for wellness.