Research & Clinical Partners

A new Cold Plunge Research Conference will bring expertise from Eastern European countries to Phoenix AZ in June 2025.

There is no optimal ice bath temperature. Metabolic benefits are found in a cold plunge, but for heart rate variability, go colder.

Metformin is a mitochondrial toxin that temporarily lowers blood glucose readings without resolving the underlying cause of Type 2 diabetes. By contrast, ice baths help restore mitochondrial function, resolve insulin resistance, and reverse Type 2 diabetes without drugs.

Cold therapy provides pain relief that reduces drug use. Three cases of chronic pain relief with cold are supported by clinical evidence.

Cold exposure boosts the immune system in ways that help compensate for Vitamin D insufficiency -- even in the case of autoimmune disorders.

Although medicine has largely abandoned cold plunge therapy, new scientific studies support the ancient wisdom of cryotherapy.