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Cold Water Immersion for Muscle Soreness

Brock Cardon, MD, FAAFP

Tanner Pulsipher, DO

American Family Physician. 2025;111(4):366.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

BROCK CARDON, MD, FAAFP, and TANNER PULSIPHER, DO, Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Address correspondence to Brock Cardon, MD, at brock.cardon.2@us.af.mil.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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2.Batista NP, et al. What parameters influence the effect of cold-water immersion on muscle soreness? An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin J Sport Med. 2023;33(1):13-25.

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