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    This document discusses the use of post-exercise cooling as a recovery strategy for athletes. It states that previous reviews have found post-exercise cooling can help reduce exercise-induced muscle damage, inflammation, and soreness. The document then discusses how enhancing recovery is important for optimizing training sessions and performance. Local ice pack cooling is highlighted as an effective cooling method that can cool deep tissues and may have positive effects on exercise recovery, including increasing muscle force production. However, the document notes there is still a lack of evidence on the efficacy of local ice pack cooling for short-term recovery of delayed onset muscle soreness and maximal voluntary contraction.

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    This document discusses the use of post-exercise cooling as a recovery strategy for athletes. It states that previous reviews have found post-exercise cooling can help reduce exercise-induced muscle damage, inflammation, and soreness. The document then discusses how enhancing recovery is important for optimizing training sessions and performance. Local ice pack cooling is highlighted as an effective cooling method that can cool deep tissues and may have positive effects on exercise recovery, including increasing muscle force production. However, the document notes there is still a lack of evidence on the efficacy of local ice pack cooling for short-term recovery of delayed onset muscle soreness and maximal voluntary contraction.

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    This document discusses the use of post-exercise cooling as a recovery strategy for athletes. It states that previous reviews have found post-exercise cooling can help reduce exercise-induced muscle damage, inflammation, and soreness. The document then discusses how enhancing recovery is important for optimizing training sessions and performance. Local ice pack cooling is highlighted as an effective cooling method that can cool deep tissues and may have positive effects on exercise recovery, including increasing muscle force production. However, the document notes there is still a lack of evidence on the efficacy of local ice pack cooling for short-term recovery of delayed onset muscle soreness and maximal voluntary contraction.

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    This document discusses the use of post-exercise cooling as a recovery strategy for athletes. It states that previous reviews have found post-exercise cooling can help reduce exercise-induced muscle damage, inflammation, and soreness. The document then discusses how enhancing recovery is important for optimizing training sessions and performance. Local ice pack cooling is highlighted as an effective cooling method that can cool deep tissues and may have positive effects on exercise recovery, including increasing muscle force production. However, the document notes there is still a lack of evidence on the efficacy of local ice pack cooling for short-term recovery of delayed onset muscle soreness and maximal voluntary contraction.

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    Introduction

    The usage of post-exercise cooling as a recovery strategy has become a popular endeavour amongst
    athletes. It is thought to be able to enhance the recovery physical performance and possibly enhance
    chronic training adaptations. Previous reviews have stated that post exercise cooling could aid in
    reducing exercise-induced muscle damage, reduce inflammation and oedema, and alleviate feelings
    of muscle soreness (1-5).

    Enhancing recovery of neuromuscular function and physical performance following exercise is


    essential to optimize the quality of the following training sessions and to maximize athletic
    performance during competition. Moreover, enhancing physical recovery proves advantageous in
    boosting the overall training volume among seasoned athletes, thereby promoting training
    adaptations while potentially mitigating the risks of overtraining and injury (6). Local ice pack cooling
    is an effective cooling method and can successfully cool deep tissues in the upper thigh (7, 8).
    Furthermore, ice pack cooling may have positive results on the E-C coupling process, possibly
    increasing muscular force production (9). However, there still remains a lack of evidence regarding
    the efficacy of local ice-pack cooling on the short-term recovery of DOMS and MVC (10, 11).
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