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Help please! is changing from cold to hot to cold in the shower bad for your body?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not necessarily: This technique can be used in hydrotherapy for detoxification. In lapland, the scandinavians run from a hot sauna to an ice cold river (back & forth). There may be some specific health conditions for which this is contraindicated.

Answered 5/17/2013

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