Hot bath can relieve tension and soothe stiff muscles. If you have a powerful showerhead, even better! Let the hot water work like a minimassage on your shoulders, neck, and back.
Studies have shown that taking a hot bath can increase tour oxytoxin level and ease anxiety. Anyone working with stress can use more of the love hormone in their life.
A hot shower also acts as a natural decongestant to relieve cold symptoms, since the hot steam moisturizes nasal passages.
Under the weather and running a slight fever? A hot shower might be what you need to help break your fever and bring your temperature back to normal.
On the other hand, cold baths also have their health benefits. Cold showers — as unbearable as they are — are actually really good for our body. Turning your shower cold for the last five minutes can help "shock" your body awake. This instant change in temperature relieves your body of fatigue and increases your mental alertness.
A "cooler" shower (around 68 degrees) for two to three minutes once or twice daily is recommended by researchers as a treatment for depression. Just make sure you check in with your doctor before testing this out.
On the more vain side of the spectrum, cold showers are better for our hair and skin. Where a hot shower can dry things out, cold showers hydrate and help with split ends and dry skin.
