Category: Healthy Ageing
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Plunge pools, cryotherapy chambers and clinical cold therapy are different practices with different evidence. How to tell a good operator from an expensive one.
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Sleep changes as we get older, and much of that is normal. What the evidence supports, what it does not, and when a sleep problem needs a doctor.
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Alternating hot and cold water is a popular recovery practice. Here is what the mechanisms are, what the evidence supports, and how to try it safely.
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Traditional, steam and infrared facilities are not the same thing. What separates a well-run sauna from a poor one, and what to ask before joining.
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What anxiety is physiologically, the difference between ordinary anxiety and an anxiety disorder, and where the evidence is strong or oversold.
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What regular heat exposure does to the body, what the long-running Finnish cohort studies actually found, and how to use a sauna sensibly and safely.
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How professional light treatments differ from home devices, what a salon or clinic session involves, and how to evaluate a provider and the claims they make.
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Photobiomodulation has a real mechanism and an uneven evidence base. What is actually known so far, and how to judge a device and the claims made for it.
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Cold plunges have gone mainstream. Here is what the research supports, what it does not yet show, and the safety points that matter most before you start.
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How resistance training supports bone health and muscle function through life, and what an effective, evidence-based program actually looks like.