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First, warmth takes over. Muscles loosen. Breathing slows. Then you step into genuinely cold water and everything changes: breath sharpens, senses wake up and your body shifts gears. Contrast therapy is recovery you can feel immediately.
Add a Cold Plunge to your Infrared Sauna session for $34. Infrared Sauna sessions are $54.
The sudden transition from heat to cold creates an unmistakable physical and mental shift.
Cold exposure is commonly used by athletes to help reduce soreness after demanding exercise.
Heat and cold create very different vascular responses, making the transition itself part of the experience.
Cold exposure after heat can feel intensely invigorating — a very different finish than simply walking out of a sauna.
Contrast is known to help reduce the inflammatory response of exercise.
Settle into the infrared sauna long enough for the body to warm and relax.
Step into the cold plunge tank.
Combine infrared sauna with a cold plunge for a hot-and-cold contrast experience.
Unlike a purely relaxing sauna session, contrast often finishes with a distinct sense of alertness and reset.
Contrast therapy alternates between heat and cold exposure, such as time in a sauna followed by a cold plunge. Heat widens blood vessels, and cold narrows them. Moving between the two creates a “pumping” effect in circulation that many people find refreshing and reviving. Research suggests contrast therapy may help reduce muscle soreness and strength loss after hard exercise compared with passive rest. However, it has not shown a clear advantage over other recovery methods, and the quality of the studies is limited. Contrast therapy is a wellness practice and not a medical treatment. If you have heart conditions, high blood pressure, or other health concerns, check with your provider first.
Our cold plunge is maintained at approximately 54°F.
