Ice Baths as Recovery

[Davan]

@no23

In mammals,as we humans are - the testes are located outside of the body for a very good reason.

The testicles must must be kept at about 37°C or 98.6°F to optimse sperm production.

Now if you were interested or serious about having children you should be somewhat conerned about that.

The cremasteric reflex is what your boys do to keep the temp right.

There is significant evidence that prolonged compression, or prolonged exposure to high temperatures like saunas or baths can negatively affect this process

(Spending more than 30 minutes at a time in water heated to 102 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) or more may lower your sperm count)

I want to know what the effect is in colder temperatures.

I would like to bump this question. I think any male here who has had an ice bath of a duration of 20+ mins has noticed “shrinkage” that is not very short (<1 hr). I don’t want to get into our personal anatomies here, but this cryotherapy seems to have somewhat prolonged, albeit still short term effects (<a couple days).

[james_colbert]

@no23

In mammals,as we humans are - the testes are located outside of the body for a very good reason.

The testicles must must be kept at about 37°C or 98.6°F to optimse sperm production.

Now if you were interested or serious about having children you should be somewhat conerned about that.

The cremasteric reflex is what your boys do to keep the temp right.

There is significant evidence that prolonged compression, or prolonged exposure to high temperatures like saunas or baths can negatively affect this process

(Spending more than 30 minutes at a time in water heated to 102 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) or more may lower your sperm count)

I want to know what the effect is in colder temperatures.

ive heard that cool temps are good for sperm count at that men with low sperm counts are often told to wear loose fitting clothes and to sit on an ice pack once a day to increase sperm production.

[boldwarrior]

extreame cold i am not sure. i have heard that gettin em too hot is real bad. Like you said, that is why they are outside the body. I was actually thinking almost along these lines when reading about the baths, What could i wear in the bath too keep em warmish? Like a pair of DT’s made out of wet suit material? Gettin em cold in a bath full of ice is what has stopped me from testing this therapy out. brrrrrrrrr

[james_colbert]

@boldwarrior

extreame cold i am not sure. i have heard that gettin em too hot is real bad. Like you said, that is why they are outside the body. I was actually thinking almost along these lines when reading about the baths, What could i wear in the bath too keep em warmish? Like a pair of DT’s made out of wet suit material? Gettin em cold in a bath full of ice is what has stopped me from testing this therapy out. brrrrrrrrr

lol yea you dont want to freeze the bad boys off, or make ice cubes out of them but ice baths would actually be beneficial.

[Mister_C]

I know this is getting a little personal, but whatever. What I do is take a small washcloth (like the kind you use to dry your face) into the bath with me. I wrap it around the twig and berries down there and that traps the water in around that area, which keeps it relatively warm in comparison to the rest of the bath. It’s still cool, but not freezing cold and shrinkage is definitely not as big a problem.

[Davan]

@Mister_C

I know this is getting a little personal, but whatever. What I do is take a small washcloth (like the kind you use to dry your face) into the bath with me. I wrap it around the twig and berries down there and that traps the water in around that area, which keeps it relatively warm in comparison to the rest of the bath. It’s still cool, but not freezing cold and shrinkage is definitely not as big a problem.

Thank you for being “real” here. I used tights and didn’t notice as big of problems either (probably similar to your washcloth), although still not exactly good times. Shrinkage w/o taking any precautions has caused shrinkage, for me, a full day, sometimes a bit longer! It is not exactly something a teenage guy wants, even if it is only short term.