Posted: May 21, 2021 7:30 AM ET | Last Updated: May 21
A professor in the School of Kinesiology at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., is investigating whether a warm bath, or even just putting your legs in warm water, can improve both mental and cardiovascular health.(Ron Desmoulins/CBC)
A Lakehead University researcher is investigating whether a hot bath really helps wash the stress away.
Nicholas Ravanelli, an assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology at the Thunder Bay, Ont., university, is recruiting subjects for a study to determine if immersing the lower limbs in warm water could help improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).