Published in Bulletin 131, January 2022

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
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Outdoor swimming helps reduce inflammation, the cause of many
health issues. It should be a public health measure, says Mark Harper
Asthma is a complex medical problem for which currently available treatment can be incompletely effective.
CHILL CIC commissioned the University of Portsmouth to provide feedback from participants relating to outdoor swimming coaching sessions that were conducted for NHS staff as part of the NHS Improvement and wellbeing. The courses took place in London at Parliament Hill Lido and in Cornwall.
A feasibility study exploring engagement and acceptability
Cold water immersion has been shown to transform the way the body responds to stress, as Tim Clare discovered after a decade of severe anxiety
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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