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Hydrotherapy is an established ancient method of treatment, employing water at varying temperatures to produce different physiological effects. It is considered to be an integral part of the Natural System of Medicine which had a diverse mode of applications ranging from compress, baths, immersions, and direct applications. Cryotherapy or cold water exposure is a kind of hydrotherapic intervention where the application of water can be administered at a temperature less than 150 Celsius. This cold water exposure can bring a significant physiological effect that constructs the therapeutic aspects of a specified modality. More number of studies are concern about the effects of hydrotherapy, where there is a lack of temperature-specific study irrespective the mode of applications. This review is conducted with the primary aim to explore the physiological effects that are associated with cold water exposure alone irrespective of the mode on which it is administered. We carry out PubMed, Science direct and Google Scholar Boolean searches to collect the relevant articles that reported the effects of cold water exposure. Our review concluded with the suggestion that cold water exposure can be an effective treatment choice that can be administered to have varied physiological effects.