Come on in, the water’s cold

Outdoor swimming helps reduce inflammation, the cause of many health issues. It should be a public health measure, says Mark Harper

Come on in, the water’s cold

The popularity of outdoor swimming has been growing at such a rate, I am starting to worry I will run out of cold-water-naive participants for my studies on its health benefits.

Perhaps there won’t be a need to carry out further studies because everyone will be doing it anyway. But, in the meantime, there is good reason to consider why the provision of outdoor swimming should be a public health measure.

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Chill UK and their mission to introduce prescription cold water swimming

Founded this year, Chill Therapy CIC is a non-profit providing cold water swimming sessions to help people manage anxiety and depression. So far, they have set up swim hubs around the country, taken NHS staff on cold water therapy courses and have been collecting quantitative data on cold water swimming. We spoke to founder Mike Morris to learn more about this amazing initiative, which is taking us one step closer to social prescription swimming.

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